by Andrew Moran | May 6, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king,” writes author H.G. Wells in his short story The Country of the Blind. It is an apt description of the powerbrokers in Washington who cannot see the forest for the trees – or an inflation bomb about...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 18, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Social Issues
Has the Oracle of Omaha seen the yellow light? Everyone’s favorite billionaire investor, Warren Buffett, has had a raucous 2020: selling his stakes in the airlines, ditching the financials, exiting the newspaper business, and missing out on the massive bull runs....
by Andrew Moran | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Politics
Will April showers bring May flowers? Global financial markets are hoping that the adage rings true and that the worst is behind us. All eyes were focused on last month’s job situation, and there was a sense of relief that the report was not as terrible, rotten, and...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 2, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News
Over the last 25 years, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy directive has been mostly an expansive one. The money supply has soared to all-time highs, while interest rates have fallen to historic lows. The U.S. central bank has pumped trillions of dollars into the...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 18, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
It has been a decade since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, triggering a financial crisis unseen since the era of flappers, speakeasies, and Keepin’ Cool with Coolidge. The Great Recession came to an end in 2009, meaning that we are nine years into the current bull...