David Moadel, Author at Crush The Street

Bad Medicine: Here’s Why Your Prescription Meds Are So Expensive

January 18, 2019

If anything can raise our blood pressure, it’s the rising cost of prescription medicine in America. Pharmaceutical prices are too high across the board, and despite the continued public outcry, the problem just gets worse every year. But who’s really at fault for this health-care quagmire?

What’s the Biggest Mistake America’s Made in the Past 50 Years? Hint: It’s About Gold and the Dollar

David Moadel

January 13, 2019

Articles, Macro Economics

If you’ve been on this planet long enough, you’ve seen America go through some big changes – and you’ve seen America’s government make some really big mistakes. These are generally done without the consent of the people, and are often perpetrated without them knowing it’s been done.

Paid to Fail: Executive Golden Parachutes in the Age of No Consequences

David Moadel

January 10, 2019

Articles, Macro Economics

As much as I like gold, I’m not the biggest fan of the golden parachute. I’m hard-pressed to think of another stratum of society in which workers are richly compensated regardless of their abject failure at doing their job.

“WORSE THAN PRISON”: Chilling Accounts of Working Conditions at Amazon

David Moadel

January 5, 2019

Articles, Macro Economics

As a company, Amazon has utterly transformed the way consumers buy and retailers sell just about every type of product in America. Whether the success has trickled down to Amazon’s quarter-million employees is debatable, though

Canary in the Coal Mine: A Checkup on Current Treasury Yield Curve Inversions

David Moadel

January 3, 2019

Articles, Macro Economics

When U.S. Treasury yield curves flatten and then invert, that’s considered an alarm bell – the metaphorical canary in the coal mine, if you will – of an impending economic and market downturn.

Who Exactly Is the “Plunge Protection Team”?

David Moadel

January 1, 2019

Articles, Macro Economics

Social media commentators frequently make jokes about the “Plunge Protection Team” saving the U.S. stock market from collapse every time it dips, but I suspect that most of them don’t even know what the Plunge Protection Team is, or whether it even exists. It is a real entity, or only a conspiracy theory?

For Furloughed Workers, the Government Recommends Doing Handyman Work for Rent and Hiring a Personal Attorney

David Moadel

December 31, 2018

Articles, Macro Economics

With the government shutdown likely to continue into the new year, the ripple effect is being felt by Main Street while our elected leaders squabble over border wall funding and other issues.

“I Had to Quit for My Sanity”: American Teachers Are Leaving the Profession in Record Numbers

David Moadel

December 29, 2018

Articles, Macro Economics

As a former public, private, and charter school teacher at multiple grade levels, I’ve experienced the gamut of classroom experiences that the American educational system has to offer. And unfortunately, given my personal experiences along with those of others and the available research data, I’m obliged to give the currently existing system a failing grade.

Big Daily Price Swings in the Stock Market Usually Don’t End Well

David Moadel

December 28, 2018

Articles, Macro Economics

Wednesday’s record 1,086-point (or +5%) single-day surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and a nearly +5% jump in the S&P 500, might have felt exhilarating for market bulls. However, a look back at price action during past crashes indicates that sharp, sudden rallies are typical behavior during sustained bear markets.

BAD SANTA: The Stock Market Just Delivered the Worst Christmas Eve in History

David Moadel

December 27, 2018

Articles, Macro Economics

Despite the seasonal promise of a December recovery, the stock market action on the day before Christmas will make its mark in the record books – but there’s no merriment, no gifts to be given, except perhaps to short sellers and put option holders as the major market indexes get roasted on an open fire.

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Bad Medicine: Here’s Why Your Prescription Meds Are So Expensive

What’s the Biggest Mistake America’s Made in the Past 50 Years? Hint: It’s About Gold and the Dollar

Paid to Fail: Executive Golden Parachutes in the Age of No Consequences

“WORSE THAN PRISON”: Chilling Accounts of Working Conditions at Amazon

Canary in the Coal Mine: A Checkup on Current Treasury Yield Curve Inversions

Who Exactly Is the “Plunge Protection Team”?

For Furloughed Workers, the Government Recommends Doing Handyman Work for Rent and Hiring a Personal Attorney

“I Had to Quit for My Sanity”: American Teachers Are Leaving the Profession in Record Numbers

Big Daily Price Swings in the Stock Market Usually Don’t End Well

BAD SANTA: The Stock Market Just Delivered the Worst Christmas Eve in History

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Canna-Business Wealth: End of Prohibition 2.0

Warren Buffet’s Insurance Companies Winning Recipe!

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