The recession’s hard-landing arrival is a slow trainwreck with roots dating back to the spring of 2022 when the United States GDP printed two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Goldilocks’ pundits would have you believe that the economy’s plumbing is more akin...
I explored the origin of the United States dollar and subsequent debasement in the first part of this series and then noted its weaponization by the Biden administration in response to the current geopolitical and financial crises that are accelerating a...
The fog of war continues to escalate following three decades of NATO encroachment upon Russia’s border, the Maidan Revolution coup that captured Ukraine’s political bureaucracy and military, U.S.A. missile system placements in western Europe, Poland, and Romania, the...
A theory backed by convincing evidence says the dollar is often called a “buck” due to merchants trading goods for deerskin in the 1740s, long before the first United States dollar was minted with the Coinage Act of 1792. The exchange rate for a cask of whiskey being...
An early February FOMC monetary policy announcement and Fedspeak moments following the press conference resulted in a dollar rally ($DXY) that put downward pressure on the precious metals throughout the month. Below is a selection of choice articles in chronological...