The six Federal Reserve facts that we need to know relate to why it was created, what it always does, and what is happening now.
How a Sock Puppet Created a Bubble
Ranging from sock puppets in 2000 to the spread of the automobile in the 1920s, the causes of market bubbles are different and yet similar.
Why Aren’t We Worried About the Budget Deficit?
Although the U.S. budget deficit just hit a five-year high, an economist could explain why politicians and voters are not worried.
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.
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.
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 a new solution. Going Cashless Mobile money has become increasingly popular. Wherever hyperinflation is…
Why Wall Street Might Care About Femtoseconds
Whether looking at the nineteenth century or now, Wall Street has always had fast traders who knew how to get the news before their competitors.
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.
How Stock Markets Create Peace
Looking at voting preferences, researchers uncovered a surprising change in attitudes about Israeli/Palestinian conflict resolution from new investors.
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.