Jim Beam stops production due to tariff uncertainty.
Trump Goes Hoover
Trump evidently can’t connect the dots between the last time rates were pushed below 1% and the 9.1% annual rate of price inflation.
California Thievin'
SEIU in California seeks to tax billionaires’ net worth.
Trying to Outrun Inflation With Speculation
Paper and digital money are light as a feather. Speculations can land with a thud.
Greed Makes Bankers' Brians Turn to Mush
Tricolor failure exposes bankers’ weaknesses.
Silver: London Calling
Silver squeeze has London traders scrambling.
Las Vegas Apartment rents plunge
Cheap money spurred apartment building in Las Vegas. Now there are too many units.
Libertarian? Melei asks Uncle Sam for a Bailout
Argentina rattles its tin cup at Uncle Sam.
Gundlach on Gold
A lower dollar will lead to higher gold prices, says Jeffrey Gundlach.
Another "Lone Nut"
Murray Rothbard questioned the lone nut thesis.
Trouble, Right Here in Sin City
Las Vegas visitation has been down for 6 months straight.
Rothbard on Billionaires
Murray always told us billionaires are kooks.
Las Vegas Chokes the Golden Goose
Benny Binion rolls over in his grave as Sin City prices itself out of the tourist market
Not Too Short, Not Too Late, Maria Would be just right for Fed Chair
Remember that when Trump took office in 2017, the very dovish Janet Yellen was Fed Chair. But he thought she was too short. So, he picked Jerome Powell who he now calls a “major loser,” a “stubborn mule” and a “numbskull.”
Silver Price Shows What Government Has Done to Our Money
Gas prices are actually lower in silver terms.
Portland's Politics and the Fall of Big Pink
Portland office building symbolizes what results with liberal policies.
COVID ZIRP Triggers ABCT in LV Industrial RE
COVID era’s low interest rates lead to malinvestment
Gold Fortunes Changing Hands
Gold price spike has buyers and sellers lined up.
Shower Heads Likely to Supreme Court
Trump’s Executive order concerning shower heads will likely be heard by SCOTUS.
Mercantilism, Smells Like Stagflation
Trump’s tariff policy is essentially mercantilism.