Finance

September 6, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
Published by Elaine Schwartz at September 6, 2018
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Six Facts We Need To Know About the U.S. Federal Debt

Through just six facts about the U.S. debt, we can get a pretty good picture of what it is, who funds it, and where it might go.

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August 21, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Venezuela's hyperinflation
Published by Elaine Schwartz at August 21, 2018
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Why It’s Tough to Catch Venezuela’s Runaway Hyperinflation

Calming the everyday monetary chaos created by Venezuela's hyperinflation is about much more than lopping zeros off its currency.

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July 11, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and mobile money
Published by Elaine Schwartz at July 11, 2018
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The Travels of Mobile Money

Zimbabwe’s monetary crises used to create money laundering…literally. To preserve their limited supply of worn U.S. dollars, households had to wash them: Now though, they have […]

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June 21, 2018
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 21, 2018
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Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at the Dow

#TBT: With General Electric leaving the Dow Industrial Average, today is a perfect time to look back at Charles Dow, Eddie Jones, and the Dow that GE joined in 1896.

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February 9, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and financial bubbles
Published by Elaine Schwartz at February 9, 2018
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Cupcakes and Other Notable Bubbles

Whether looking at 1637 or 2000, markets and financial bubbles always seem to find each other. As a surge in demand pushes prices up, the result resembles a bubble because it is full of air rather than value.

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