by Joe Schaeffer | Oct 23, 2020 | Articles, Politics, The Left, Trump Administration
Joe Biden successfully avoided getting entangled in a long, drawn-out battle with President Trump over his controversial son’s laptop at the second and final presidential debate in Nashville on Oct. 22, but is that such a good thing for the Democratic nominee?...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 21, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics
Saudi Arabia might have been conning the world all along in its oil price war with Russia. When Riyadh flooded the market with cheap crude in the aftermath of its fallout with Moscow and OPEC+, the kingdom may have had opportunistic plans to target the United States...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 12, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Yield to Dividends The Dow Jones Industrial Average just enjoyed its best week since 1972, the S&P 500 is up around 20% from its lows, and the Nasdaq Composite Index keeps rebounding. Is this the end of the market rout? It depends on whom you ask. A bear might...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 6, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, International, International
Global financial markets have been a game of whack-a-mole lately. When equities appeared to have stabilized, Treasury yields slipped into subzero territory. After they recovered, the leading U.S. stock indexes suffered triple-digit losses. Crude oil is no different;...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Oil recently suffered its most significant weekly loss since 1991, crashing 29% to below $20 per barrel. A toxic concoction of cratering global demand due to the Coronavirus pandemic and Saudi Arabia and Russia throwing tantrums like petulant children caused the...