The meteoric rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other young progressive politicians has led many to believe that the American public must be warming up to socialism.  But what if that isn’t true at all?  Certainly there is a certain segment of the population that absolutely embraces the message that AOC, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and […]

The price of bitcoin struggles to stay above $6,000. Condolences if you bought at $20,000. With concern mounting over where the leading cryptocurrency will find its ‘bottom’ price, one analyst has hit back, saying, “Bitcoin valuation framework cautiously points towards possible valuation support.” Now that we’re at the halfway point of the year, Canaccord’s analyst Michael […]

It’s not enough to hand over your money to the government anymore. Now you have to pay them for the privilege to do so. That’s the basic premise behind negative interest rates: investors around the world are crazy enough to buy government bonds whose yields are actually below zero. In technical terms, this GUARANTEES that […]