Economist David Rosenberg might be the king of the bears, predicting recessions and bear markets year after year without fail. He is painting a very grim picture now. Earlier this year, before all of this current crisis emerged, we ran an article on the bearish views of economist David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research, a new […]
While the country turned their heads from the massive economic damage that the coronavirus quarantine has been causing, we won’t be able to look away forever. Before this year, if you asked anyone what the threshold would need to be in order to shut down most of the country like we have done lately, it […]
In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, with the world clamoring for a vaccine against this, many investors are hoping to cash in on this. It may not be all that exciting though. Investing in stocks that promise more effective, or at least more profitable medical treatments can seem like a pretty exciting prospect at […]
April’s job numbers came in on Friday, and 20.5 million losing their jobs during the month should concern us plenty. Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says it will get much worse. Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari certainly qualifies as one of the Fed’s most outspoken members, and readers might remember our doing an […]
There is a strong belief persisting that our economy and way of life won’t return to normal until we have a medical solution to this outbreak. Some fear we are rushing too much. We should think that it is at least odd or even bizarre that so much is being put on our needing pharmaceutical […]
With Georgia already moving to open their economy up more, and most states having their stay at home orders expiring soon, how we do this has become a huge debate. There is no shortage of people who are eager to warn us about opening our economy too soon, and this situation has become polarized between […]
There is a wide range of opinion about how bad the economic crisis that we are in will be and if and when we will ever recover. Quantitative analysis can shed real light on this. In the financial world, we normally think of quantitative analysis, or QA, as the study of the movement of asset […]
Stock market strategist Peter Schiff was once regarded as “Dr. Doom” for his pessimistic views of the housing market. He’s seeing the potential for doom once again. Calling someone “Dr. Doom” is only an insult if the doom that you see is that exaggerated. Equity strategist and stock market commentator Peter Schiff did seem to […]
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been speaking about a coming pandemic for 5 years now. He believes we need a vaccine to put all this behind us. As we move further and further along in our battle with COVID-19, a lot of the discussion has naturally turned to what our exit strategy will be. While […]
The battle against the coronavirus is being fought on two fronts, the health one and the economic one. Former Senator Jim DeMint is one of the few seriously looking at both. In the frenzy that has developed over our trying to limit the number of deaths that COVID-19, the points of view out there have […]