Bond yields are rising, tech stocks look shaky, emerging market currencies are tanking, and in the midst of the longest bull market in history, September property sales in Manhattan are down 39% compared to 2017, with median sales prices falling 9% during that time. There are some warning signs flashing. What should you be doing […]
Archives for October 2018
50,000 Factories Lost: A Scar on Rural America
UPDATE: After President Trump negotiated a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico, auto manufacturers are looking at bringing jobs back to North America. The Wall Street Journal’s Chester Dawson and William Boston report on the new deal: “The tentative deal, which replaces Nafta, requires auto makers to build at least 75% of a car’s […]
It’s Time For Investors to Focus on Treasuries
It’s time for investors to focus on Treasuries. As stocks tumbled 3% yesterday, Sinead Carew wrote at Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 marking its biggest daily decline since Feb. 8, and technology stocks led the losses as rising U.S. Treasury yields sent investors fleeing from risky […]
Trump Powers Economy into the Mid-Term Elections
As November approaches, and voters begin to make their decisions about who they will vote for on Election Day, the economy is roaring hotter than it has in a long time. Confidence is soaring, profits are up, jobless claims are down, unemployment is down, and industrial production is up. These among other indicators show the […]
A Strong Cry for Localism over Democratic Centralism in the World
At The American Conservative, Andrew J. Bacevich (author of America’s War for the Greater Middle East and many more insightful books) lays out the dream of Christopher Lash, who wrote about the exploitation of resources, the family against the factory, and the romantic vision of the individual against the technological vision. The fall of the Berlin […]
Democrats March into November with No Strategy and no Tailwind
Peter van Buren suggests at The American Conservative that Democrats picked the wrong hill to die on in the Kavanaugh fight, the Russia fight, and the fight over Donald Trump’s behavior. He writes: The point of politics is to change people’s minds, not declare your rivals unfit to walk among decent folk. Kavanaugh proved that the […]
Why the #MeToo Movement Is Imploding
The recent “McCarthyesque excesses” witnessed during the Kavanaugh hearing are undoing a great deal of good that #MeToo had once done, explains Victor Davis Hanson in NRO. A Nightmarish World A republic cannot survive any revolutionary movement that insists that its moral claims are so exalted that 2,500 years of Western jurisprudence must be jettisoned, […]
Hurricane Prep: How Confident Are You in Your Generator?
The Gulf coast is being threatened by Hurricane Michael, which is currently a Category 4 storm. During Hurricane Florence I told you to Prepare for the Hurricane, and showed you FEMA’s guide to getting yourself ready for a major storm. Today I’m bringing you more information, this time from generator builder, Kohler Power Systems. In […]
Localism: Front Porch Republic’s “Third Way”
Gary Olmstead recently explained the theory of “localism” at The American Conservative. He especially highlights the good work of Front Porch Republic, saying that the group’s take on localism is not the expected curmudgeonly stance, but instead “chronicles a resurgence of municipal activity and empowerment, noting the role technology is taking.” He writes (abridged): People […]
Columbus, Churchill, Melania – Western Civilization Under Assault
“After witnessing the recent spectacle of a significant minority of U.S. senators endorsing the presumption of guilt, this week Americans can turn to various media for fresh assaults on Western tradition,” writes James Freeman in the WSJ. The NYT can’t help itself in being critical of the Trumps. Melania is taking cheap shots from the […]
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