First, the greenback is soaring globally because of Trump and what FX traders expect he’s going to do. That is, simply, to step on the gas. This reversed a months-long decline in the US currency and ...

Daily this blog is deluged with bot comments promoting crypto. Lately they’ve been supplemented with the fanatical enthusiasm of Bitcoin fans calling people like me dinos and dinks. They all get ...

The share of first-time homebuyers in America has also descended to an historic low. But it’s not 10%, like here. Instead ...

A recent survey by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board shows that nearly two-thirds of Canadians worry about running out of savings during retirement. This concern is especially high in younger ...

Reality is that elites – much, much monied folks – subscribe to a believe that the U.S. elections are far, far too important to simply allow the U.S. citizens to decide the outcome on their own. Good ...

It doesn’t matter till it does! This is what we call a ‘Minsky moment.’ A Minsky moment is when an overindebted country or corporation suddenly collapses under the weight of their accumulated debt and ...

Dan and his squeeze recently had a kid. The first. A girl. As with most new parents, his mind went somewhat to goo. But as an entrepreneur, he’s trying to be analytical, too. Fortunately he’s a blog ...

Yesterday, house porn. Today, house poor. Herewith a cautionary tale about people who want to live in garden sheds. First, some context. Canada is a country of ...