The carbon capture pipeline is the result of the latest gift to rent-seeking “titans of industry” and interestingly, may be used on some existing projects that came to be, years ago, due to rent seeking. More on this below. As ...
Investor sentiment is clearly bullish. The CNN Fear and Greed Index for June 18th, 2023, stood at 82, which signals “extreme greed”. This is a drastic optimistic move after closing at “greed” (56 over 100) a month before and “extreme fear” (17 ...
Everything possible is done to prevent the fraud of the monetary system from being exposed to the masses who suffer from it. —Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), before the US House of Representatives, February 15, 2006 In the mid-sixties, having read ...
Money supply growth fell again in April, plummeting further into negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. April’s drop continues a steep downward trend from the unprecedented highs experienced during much of ...
The markets pulled back this week amid global recession fears that followed the Bank of England’s interest rate hike. Most concerning to investors was that the ½% increase came on the heels of an elevated U.K. inflation report for May. ...
Recently, we’ve focused on the overextended nature of the small group of mega-cap leadership names in 2023, and even identified three key charts to watch for a pullback in the technology sector. This week, we observed further deterioration in breadth ...
2023 has seen a significant thrust in tech names. The recent run in semiconductor and software stocks are great examples of market thrusts. The market has split into different vehicles, and we are currently riding the AI vehicle to higher ...
In this episode of StockCharts TV‘s The MEM Edge, Mary Ellen shares important levels to watch as the markets pull back amid interest rate hike fears. She also highlights how to tell if your stock is pulling back or poised for further ...
Last week, I discussed the way in which Patrick Deneen misreads John Stuart Mill in his book Regime Change. I’d like to continue the assault on Regime Change this week by looking at an argument he makes against libertarianism. Libertarians, ...
Mises Institute Fellow Patrick Newman joins Bob to discuss a recent tweet from Stephanie Kelton, which argued that the government’s “red ink makes our black ink possible.” Patrick and Bob point out that these MMT tautologies are very misleading at ...