Economy

Is gold really is the inflation hedge that it's cracked up to be?...No, not really, and, in fact, we view other high-yielding real assets as much better inflation hedges.

The financial, economic and moral devastation which is about to hit the world will come out of the blue like a flash from a clear sky for more than 99.5% of the people and will be like the definition of the word "CHAOS: A state of total confusion and disorder”.

The madmen who are responsible for the coming economic disaster continue to behave as if they can manage to avoid it. Violating Einstein’s definition of insanity, they continue to apply the same poison that caused the problem. These fools believe they can manage complexities they do not understand. The end is certain, only its timing is unknown, and, once interest rates begin to rise, and they will, it's game over so it begs the questions "How much longer this can possibly go on?" and "What will happen to the U.S. and the world when it does?"

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has projected Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth falling to last place to, in effect, become the next Greece.

The U.S. Federal Reserve considers both Canada and the U.S. to be in real estate bubbles but they’re even close to the same issue. Here's why.

China has taken an unprecedented step towards cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology and launched the world’s first government-backed cryptocurrency on November 2nd, 2021, and, if the digital yuan succeeds, and weakens the USD too much, the dollar’s status as global reserve currency could also be at stake.

Kondratiev concluded that each long wave was driven by technological advances. He identified four distinct phases.

If you’re a visual learner then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.

There are many different types of economies - communism, socialism, capitalism and democratic socialism. We tend to use the terms concretely, which necessarily introduces inaccuracies and, as such, they serve as excuses not to think and to hold economic beliefs that discourage explorations of the mismatch between theory and practice. Do you know exactly how they differ? Read on.

For the first time since 2007 the Fed's Exuberance Index is warning that U.S. real estate prices are in a bubble. Did the Fed even notice?