BENGALURU, India — Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies strongly condemned Moscow for its war on Ukraine on Saturday, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint statement. India, which as chair of the Group of ...
It’s a myth that the “Founding Fathers” made America a republic in 1787. It was the state governments and their constitutions that did this. But the top-down myth glorifying the central government endures. Original Article: “Why the 1787 Constitution Did ...
A few years ago I wrote about some of the errors made by economists who try to apply what they believe are Christian principles to both Austrian and neoclassical economic analysis. These economists believe that the standard economic way of ...
Mark uses Intel Corporation, the computer chip manufacturer, as a barometer of the business cycle. He looks at the stock price in recent years, its production capacity expansion, and the company’s very recent cost- and dividend-cutting moves. Check out Mark ...
American and European political elites seem to be wanting the Russia-Ukraine war to be fought to the last Ukranian and have done nothing to bring peace. It’s time for a change. Original Article: “Just Say No to the New Forever War” ...
[An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (1995)] Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) began as a devoted Smithian but more consistently attached to laissez-faire. During his relatively brief span of interest in economics, he became more and more statist. ...
The stock market has been a tough place for trend-following since January 2022, which is when the S&P 500 first triggered a bearish trend signal. The bearish signal in question is the humble 5/200 day SMA cross. There were whipsaws ...
It was a weak performance for the equity markets; after heading nowhere over the past two weeks despite staying volatile, the markets gave up some strength as they closed the week on a negative note. In the previous technical note, ...
One of my early mentors often remarked, “Nothing good happens below the 200-day.”This was his way of recognizing that, while stocks can certainly pop higher from beaten down levels, you’re more likely to experience sustained advances once the price is ...
In this episode of StockCharts TV‘s The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews the markets’ break below key support as inflation remains elevated. She also shares stocks from her watchlist that are trending higher amid a tough market. This video was originally broadcast ...