Final Q1 GDP Crashes To -2.9%, Lowest Since 2009, Far Below The Worst Expectations
YES – Negative GDP = Contraction Remember when in January 2014, Q1 GDP was expected to rise 2.6%? Well, here…
Stocks Surge To Record Highs On Worst Economic Growth In 3 Years
US Economy Shrank By 1% In The First Quarter: First Contraction Since 2011 And this was the news of the…
What Does The US Government Want in Ukraine?
If you go by the mainstream media, the biggest issues facing us Americans seem to be the NFL draft, players and who…
A Doctor’s Declaration of Independence
It’s plain and simple: If Obamacare was so good for “the people” why wasn’t the president himself along with his…
Taxes – When Will Enough Be Enough?
As I finally simmer down from my yearly blood-curdling check-writing tantrum to square up with what my accountant says is due…
Thoughts & Musings on the Real Economy
Thoughts & Musings on the Real Economy For some time now it has been quite evident at least to some,…
Ukraine Fallout? Petro-Dollar Threatened
As touched on in previous posts, presently the US Dollar holds its status as the world’s reserve currency backed by…
Could Sanctions Against Russia Backfire?
As the effectiveness of the Fed’s Quantitative Easing fades, weakening its ability to buoy the markets and foster the illusion…
Ukraine: Escalating Tensions
As the events in Ukraine develop at an ever-quickening pace it is getting harder to keep up. US Secretary of…
The Data Right in Front of Your Eyes Exposes the Real Economy
On Friday morning my first glance at the CNBC app showed a headline reading to the effect: Market Mostly Unchanged…