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The Feds Are Inside Your Home
January 3, 2017 Privacy Invasion
Alexa and similar Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have become part of the current zeitgeist. They can remember everything input into them ... and the Feds are salivating for this data. The Leading Edge of the Dollar Hurricane
September 7, 2016 Currency
U.S. exports are down nearly $64 billion so far this year, and yet the Fed is flirting with raising interest rates. Can you imagine the economic storm if the dollar gets any stronger? The Global Economy: Drunk on Debt
August 30, 2016 Global Economy
The European economy is supposed to be wracked by doubt and anxiety over Brexit, negative interest rates and terror attacks. So why are markets rising? Government spending, and lots of it.Breaking the American Consumer
August 10, 2016 U.S. Economy
Every bit of economic data is dished up for consumption. A one-off snapshot that says nothing about the true state of the U.S. economy … that a consumer-driven downturn on the way. The Fed: Soviet-Style Economic Propaganda
August 2, 2016 U.S. Economy
What we are led to believe as "truth" in America is no different than what the Soviets were led to believe, and only by disengaging will you get facts to defend investment decisions.