In today’s episode of the 24/7 Wall St. Podcast Doug McIntyre and Lee Jackson discuss why gold and commodities are suddenly surging. Everything from gold to cocoa to a Big Mac is getting more...
Herman Minsky was an American economist and a professor of economics at Washington University and Bard College. He was one of the first economists to successfully explain the gross inflation...
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) recently received two pieces of bad news. The first is that it significantly missed Wall Street’s delivery targets. On a consensus basis, investors expected deliveries to...
While getting to retirement age can be a blessing and a curse, the reality of counting on the U.S. government to provide for your needs is not the best idea. The full retirement age is 66 if you were...
Contrary to political accusations that retailers are “gouging customers”, the cost of goods has jumped due to the devaluation of the dollar from oversupply and government overspending. The real...
It’s baseball season, which also means it’s the season for consuming copious amounts of sunflower seeds. These seeds have replaced chewing tobacco as a much healthier alternative for players who...
Tether (USDT) is a popular stablecoin in the crypto market. USDT is connected to the US Dollar and its strength has made it one of the investment choices with a high demand in the crypto market. One...
Baseball may refer to itself as “America’s Pastime,” but, in terms of viewership, football is clearly the most popular sport in the United States. According to a 2023 Gallup poll, 41% of...
Americans have had an on-again, off-again relationship with butter. Butter consumption in the United States was at its highest point from 1930-35, but it began dropping steadily in the 1940s. This...
When it comes to successful brands in America, the list of big names seems to rarely ever change. If it seems like names like Apple, Google, and Amazon are the names we hear the most, it’s because...
Incomes are rising rapidly in the United States. According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the national median household income was nearly $75,000 in 2022, up from about $69,700 in 2021....
Generation Z—people born between 1997-2012—are currently the object of intense scrutiny in the media. The oldest members of this generation are already in their late 20’s and their spending...
Joe Biden once called himself a “gaffe machine” and has proven the point in decades of cringy and hilarious faux-pas. Like many politicians, he has used Twitter/X to get his message out...
Investors have to wait until almost two months to see if Reddit stock is fairly valued. Where do its shares go in the meantime? Very likely downward.
According to a February 2, 2024 article in The Washington Post, grocery prices have jumped 25% since Joe Biden took office. This outpaced overall inflation, which was 19% in the same time period. The...