by Andrew Moran | Oct 13, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
During the Columbus Day trading session, the Israel-Hamas war rattled US financial markets, prompting investors to flee to safe-haven assets like gold, the US dollar, and Treasurys. Residents inside the New York Stock Exchange have calmed down, and everyone on Wall...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 6, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
After more than a decade of quantitative easing (QE) efforts – a blend of artificially low interest rates and balance sheet expansion – the Federal Reserve gave life to zombie companies. The era of easy money policies allowed these firms – entities that only generate...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 27, 2022 | Business News, Columns, Opinion
After weeks of taunting, threatening, and trolling, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the go-ahead to invade Ukraine, causing the global financial markets to drown in a sea of red ink – at least temporarily. The leading benchmark indexes sank, commodities soared,...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 18, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
Was 2020 the year of not too many dollars flowing into your bank account? Well, be prepared for 2021 because this will be a year of money flying out of your wallet. And, no, it is not about President Joe Biden’s tax plan. Millions of Americans are getting ready to pay...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 6, 2020 | Articles, Columns, Economic Affairs News, Election 2020, Politics, The Left
The Nasdaq Stock Exchange is trying to nudge its roughly 3,300 listed companies to become woke. The company recently submitted a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate board diversity, specifically aimed at having fewer white males...