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September 28, 2018 Global Economy, Stocks
The Wall Street Journal called me yesterday. A reporter wanted my thoughts on why the oil price “suddenly” started surging. I laughed. I couldn’t help it. You see, with all the other news stories out there about trade wars, tariffs, interest rates and the Kavanaugh hearing, the oil market was kind of forgotten in the […]![yield curve](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/shutterstock_289493321-1.jpg)
September 27, 2018 Stocks
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point and signaled yet another quarter-point hike before the end of the year. Notably, this is the first time the Fed funds rate — currently at 2.00% to 2.25% — has risen above the rate of inflation. The Fed’s preferred metric for inflation […]![A bipartisan health bill seeks to greatly deter the $60 billion abuse and fraud within the Medicare program with the use of smart card technology.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/medicare-smart-card.jpg)
September 26, 2018 Technology
A bipartisan health bill seeks to greatly deter the $60 billion abuse and fraud within the Medicare program with the use of smart card technology.![Seeing the ad on TV made me realize that privacy has gone mainstream. Maybe that’s why cybersecurity is becoming a $1 trillion industry…](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/privacy-goes-mainstream.jpg)
September 25, 2018 Privacy Invasion
Seeing the ad on TV made me realize that privacy has gone mainstream. Maybe that’s why cybersecurity is becoming a $1 trillion industry…![Cash as a method of payment is all but dead. And there's a great way for investors to take advantage of this shift toward a cashless society.](https://banyanhill.com/wp-content/uploads/cashless-future.jpg)
September 21, 2018 Technology
Cash as a method of payment is all but dead. And there's a great way for investors to take advantage of this shift toward a cashless society.