Tag: janet yellen

Gold Prices Surge

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - May 24, 2023

UPDATE 5.24.23: Since writing this post nearly ten years ago, gold prices have climbed from $1,325.71 per ounce to $1,975.12 per ounce. Originally posted September...

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World

Debbie Young - September 18, 2015

Has the world gone mad? On one hand we have a Republican candidate who is the former host of “Celebrity Apprentice.” On the other...

Malpass: The Fed has a Mental Block

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

David Malpass writes in the Wall Street Journal that the Fed hasn't recognized the poor results of its policy making. Without realizing its ineffectiveness the...

Billionaire Larry Ellison’s $10.5 Million Newport, RI Beechwood Mansion

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - April 29, 2014

In 2010, Larry Ellison paid $10.5 million for the Astors' Beechwood mansion on Bellevue Ave in Newport, RI not far from my office. And based...

The Fed Can Not Print Jobs, Says Cato’s Alan Reynolds

Richard C. Young - April 21, 2014

The Cato Institute's Alan Reynolds explains the limits of Federal Reserve power here. We have all been watching a long mystery with no ending: What...

Tiny Bubbles

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - January 14, 2014

Imagine outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke joyfully wrapping things up at the Fed while humming “tiny bubbles make me feel happy” from Don Ho’s song...

Who’s Stealing Your Kid’s Lunch Money?

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - November 19, 2013

"We have seen meaningful progress in the labor market," Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen said last week during her testimony. "What the ...

Janet Yellen–a Rotten Choice to Lead the Fed

Richard C. Young - October 14, 2013

I would not vote to confirm Yellen. Here Cato's Mark Calabria lays out Yellen's sorry historical record. Yellen has done little to make anyone believe she...