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This Item is a Threat to America’s National Security
America, we have a problem. No, it is not hypersonic Russian or even Chinese nuclear missiles. It’s not terrorists crossing our border with nuclear materials […]
The Federal Reserve’s Binary Choice Means Pain
There are points in economic cycles where the outcome of any economic decision made becomes a binary choice. Unfortunately for the American public, the upcoming […]
Is Intel About to Become the Communal People’s Chipmaker?
Today was another one of those days where one looks at the Trump administration and wonder to themselves the following: Did the “R” for the […]
How Retailers Like Walmart Pass on Tariffs to the Public
After listening to Peter Navarro bark like a trained seal on Bloomberg Television this afternoon, I fear this brief thread is more necessary than ever. […]
Trump’s Trade War Fallacy
Today was another one of those “days of days” when President Trump announced retaliatory tariffs against India and, for some reason, Japan. At the same […]
August 1st Was a Bizarre Day in US Economic History
First, a minor mea culpa as I missed not by a mile, but by two hundred miles in my forecast fro the Bureau of Labor […]
Dr. Copper is On Life Support
There are great songs in American history then there are those that resonate since the 1980s forever. Unfortunately for precious and industrial metals investors, the […]
FOMC Day: Jay Powell is Cooking Up the FUTburgers
Yes, I know, I know, the title is corny and just what is a futburger? More on that at the end of this piece but […]
The Manufacturing Renaissance Myth
While there are many who celebrate all of the announcements of countries to invest and companies to reshore into the United States, there are some […]
More Inflation Nonsense This Time from Hershey’s
Hershey’s today made an announcement that they will be engaging in double digit price increases and amazingly made the following statement as quoted in a […]
$40 Silver: Stay on Target
Could this be the week? The instability created by the Japanese elections, the trade war rhetoric heating up, and worse, the insane war on the […]
Trump’s War on Jay Powell Hits a Bessent Speed Bump
The Wall Street Journal broke some news on Saturday afternoon which appears to have created a dilemma for the get rid of Powell at any […]
Dr. Copper is Still Holding Class
The stories since the start of the trade war tend to verify what most intelligent people knew long ago(from the UK Guardian): Demand for copper […]
More Tariff Circus Nonsense Now with Indonesia
This morning our Emperor in Chief, Donaldo Maximus El Trump announced that he personally had struck another trade deal, this time with the President of […]