Will Trump’s War on the Fed Crash the Markets?

“There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue.” – Andrew Mellon, August 1929 The President of the United States once […]

Merchandise Everything Accomplish Little

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.” -W.C. Fields The insanity that America has been enduring for twenty years now appears […]

The Silver Panicans are Coming

There has been a tremendous amount of speculative conversation about the potential for a silver break out to new all time highs but there has […]

The Trump Trade Sitzkrieg

After the defeat of Poland by the German military on September 27, 1939 an prolonged 8 month period of relative inactivity on the European front […]

The Financial Pandemic of 2025

That’s it said the Business Man. Industry cannot run on optimism. Optimism cannot create commodities or sell them; it cannot operate a shoe factory or […]

Happy Birthday America

All is well and may everyone safely enjoy this great holiday. Hopefully our rain breaks so we can blow stuff up and get the grills […]

07.03.25 Nonfarm Payrolls: The Gig, er, Gag is On Us

This morning’s nonfarm payrolls report wasn’t that much of a shock if anyone read the previously published article about the predicted numbers for today. Granted […]

07.03.25 Non-Farm Payroll Previewarama

For the record, if one is not already getting prepared to clean the smoker, load the cooler, and prepare to smoke some quality dead pig […]

ADP: A Canary in the Coal Mine or Just More Noise?

Earlier today the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) monthly payroll employment report was announced at 8:15 a.m. ET. While the majority of Wall Street and anyone […]

NCUA Ends Conservatorship Closes Butler Heritage FCU

In the distant past, okay seriously just on January 17, 2025, the NCUA put the Butler Heritage Federal Credit Union under its conservatorship as noted […]

2025 Q2 Ends on a What Me Worry Note

The second quarter of 2025 began in April with a trade war firestorm and ended the month of June with a Taco Fiesta creating hope […]

IF You’re Complaining About the Quarter End Silver Slam Please Read This Article

Another quarter ends, another silver slam begins and ends. The panic which ensued with the newbie silver bulls is not shocking, in fact, for those […]

The Big MOAB Was Dropped on Markets This Week

While many of my readers who were growing tired of the 12 Day War will read the headline above and say “oh no another Israel-Iran […]

06.27.25 Bank Failure Friday Returns: The Santa Anna National Bank, Santa Anna, Texas

Bank failure Friday returns and here we go with one out of left field from Texas. Which has yours truly wondering if this is related […]