Tag: dollar

US Dollar Craters vs Swiss Franc

Richard C. Young - August 11, 2020

Since last spring, my clients and I have been buying Swiss francs and lately Swiss franc denominated, dividend-paying equities. What’s behind the dollar’s collapse? Too...

Americans are Getting Stronger

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - July 23, 2015

From Benjamin Graham’s, The Intelligent Investor, first published in 1949: “Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars’...

Trading the Renminbi (RNB) in Switzerland

Richard C. Young - January 22, 2015

Dateline Switzerland: A new renminbi trading hub will be established in Zurich, Switzerland, giving Swiss traders the ability to make and clear direct trades with...

Tokyo Stocks Now Down 17% Since Late May

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - June 3, 2013

You need to avoid the big losses especially when you’re in retirement. Those invested in Japan are taking a beating. Never mind all those...

Now It Is Payday

Richard C. Young - March 17, 2011

This morning Mort Zuckerman summed up the economy very well in the Wall Street Journal. Americans are paying down (or defaulting on) debt and...

Paul and Palin

Richard C. Young - December 30, 2010

Any American familiar with the writings of the founders knows that the commerce clause was never meant to lend Congress carte blanche to make...

Sweden: A Capitalist Model?

Richard C. Young - December 15, 2010

Around the world in many industrialized countries, when a plaintiff sues a defendant, whoever loses the suit pays the legal costs of the other....

The Left Screams for Blood

Richard C. Young - December 8, 2010

The liberal left is completely outraged that the president would break one of his campaign promises (to them) and compromise with the GOP on...

Krugman, China, and the Dollar

Richard C. Young - November 19, 2010

Today Americans have to wonder just how far off the deep end Paul Krugman plans to go with his calls for fiscal and monetary...

Miss Me Yet?

Richard C. Young - November 12, 2010

This week the Wall Street Journal published an interview with former president George Bush done by Kim Strassel. The most striking part of Kimberley...

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