by Daniel White | Sep 19, 2016 | Economy
September 19, 2016 Last month – Aug. 11 to be precise – the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ all closed at record highs. That hasn’t happened since Dec. 31, 1999. About three months later in early 2000, we entered a rather harmful bear market. In fact, it was one of the...
by Daniel White | Sep 11, 2016 | Economy
September 11, 2016 The 2016 presidential election presents a fork in the road economically. On the left, we have Hillary Clinton. On the right, Donald Trump. We know that regulations hinder economic growth, and have no doubt, the regulatory scenery will...
by Daniel White | Sep 5, 2016 | Economy
September 5, 2016 Government over-regulation at all levels hurts economic development. And since the president can enact regulations with the stroke of a pen, it makes the current crop of candidates’ views on regulatory policy hugely important. To give an idea of the...
by Daniel White | Aug 8, 2016 | Economy
August 8, 2016 They’re coming. Who, you ask? Aliens? Locusts? Zombies? No. Far worse. They’ve already taken Japan and Europe. I’m talking about negative interest rates! And they’re coming for the U.S. from the east and west! As central banks and monetary policy...
by Daniel White | Aug 1, 2016 | Economy
August 1, 2016 Recently, we’ve seen all-time highs in the stock market AND record-setting lows in the bond market. That’s happened only once in the last 40 years, so it’s not exactly a normal occurrence. It was in 2013, mid-recovery and served with a healthy dose of...
by Daniel White | Jul 25, 2016 | Economy
July 25, 2016 A recent Pew Research Center report showed that for the first time in modern history, adults aged 18 to 34 are more likely to be living with parents rather than having their own house with a spouse or partner. It’s a slim margin (32.1 percent...
