There is a strong belief persisting that our economy and way of life won’t return to normal until we have a medical solution to this outbreak. Some fear we are rushing too much. We should think that it is at least odd or even bizarre that so much is being put on our needing pharmaceutical […]

With Georgia already moving to open their economy up more, and most states having their stay at home orders expiring soon, how we do this has become a huge debate. There is no shortage of people who are eager to warn us about opening our economy too soon, and this situation has become polarized between […]

There is a wide range of opinion about how bad the economic crisis that we are in will be and if and when we will ever recover. Quantitative analysis can shed real light on this. In the financial world, we normally think of quantitative analysis, or QA, as the study of the movement of asset […]

Stock market strategist Peter Schiff was once regarded as “Dr. Doom” for his pessimistic views of the housing market. He’s seeing the potential for doom once again. Calling someone “Dr. Doom” is only an insult if the doom that you see is that exaggerated. Equity strategist and stock market commentator Peter Schiff did seem to […]

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been speaking about a coming pandemic for 5 years now. He believes we need a vaccine to put all this behind us. As we move further and further along in our battle with COVID-19, a lot of the discussion has naturally turned to what our exit strategy will be. While […]

The battle against the coronavirus is being fought on two fronts, the health one and the economic one. Former Senator Jim DeMint is one of the few seriously looking at both. In the frenzy that has developed over our trying to limit the number of deaths that COVID-19, the points of view out there have […]

While the bickering in Congress over a fiscal stimulus bill of enormous proportions continues, the Fed has thrown caution to the wind and will even be buying ETFs. Given that the Federal Reserve has already gone to the felt with interest rate cuts, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are finished. They do have some […]

The record for the worst economic decline in a single quarter is 10%, set back in 1958. That record has lasted over 60 years, but it’s about to fall, and fall in a very big way. Even in the worst of times, when the economy is in decline as much as it ever normally does, […]

We are being told that governments are doing everything they can to save us from doom. If we are going to be facing real doom, it is the treatment, not the cure that will bring it on. With each passing day, the hyperbole surrounding our response to COVID-19 just keeps growing, like a cancer. In […]

People are becoming more terrified each day of the health threat they believe COVID-19 is. The health risks aren’t scary at all, but the economic damage gets scarier each day. When COVID-19 became perceived as a big enough threat to lockdown Hubei Province in China, we knew that their economy would take a meaningful hit, […]