TAIPEI — military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defense ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China’s missile forces. China, which claims ...
Jeff and Bob review the history and impact of The Human Action Podcast—formerly Mises Weekends—and discuss where the podcast is headed. Get Jeff’s new book A Strange Liberty: Politics Drops Its Pretenses: Mises.org/Strange ...
With the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, financial markets all around the world are on edge. Despite promises from the Federal Reserve that a “soft landing” of the economy is on the way, all signs point ...
On October 29, 2018, on Lion Air Flight 610 out of Jakarta, Indonesia, a Boeing 737 MAX’s safety control pushed the plane’s nose down hard, paused for five seconds, then repeated this cycle, over and over. The pilots fought to ...
This episode explores precious metals. Gold (Au) is the main precious metal, followed by Silver (Ag), Platinum (Pt), and Palladium (Pd). These are distinct from valuable industrial metals such as copper (which served as money historically), nickel, and zinc, which have ...
In a week that was shortened by Good Friday, the Indian equities extended their gains as they moved above crucial resistance points. The Nifty had a strong and positive previous week but it had halted its up move near important ...
An awful lot has happened since the beginning of the year, including further rate increases, bank failures, and continuing concerns about rising inflation and weakening earnings. Yet the market shrugged it all off, with the S&P rising 7% while the ...
In this episode of StockCharts TV‘s The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen reviews the impact of weak economic data on the markets as defensive areas outperformed and growth stocks took a break. She also details how to identify a downtrend reversal amid sector ...
A number of my conversations this week on The Final Bar dealt with the challenges presented by narrow leadership. Joe Rabil pointed out the weakness in small caps, and Jeff Huge focused on the difference between the YTD returns of FAANG ...
Pablo Picasso is known as the father of cubist painting. He and others used geometric shapes and patterns to represent a specific form. Cubism, in Picasso’s mind, was created to emphasize the different ways of seeing the world around us. ...