Financial Sense

By The Conversation By The Conversation – Until now, generating nuclear power has required massive facilities surrounded by acres of buildings, electrical infrastructure, roads, parking lots and more. The nuclear industry is trying to… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Oil Price By Oil Price – The US dollar has jumped to its strongest level in nearly a year, raising questions about how a strong greenback could act as a drag on debt and oil demand in much of the world. The US Federal Reserve announced… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St welcomed back returning guest, President of Financial Sense Advisors, Host of the popular long-running show, Financial Sense Newshour https://www.financialsense.com/ and Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Jim Puplava for an interview. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Urban Carmel By Urban Carmel – The macro data from the past month continues to mostly point to positive growth. On balance, the evidence suggests the imminent onset of a recession is unlikely. The largest risk to the economy is… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Paul Kasriel By Paul Kasriel – The current level of the federal funds rate is 1.92%. As of June 13, 2018, the median estimate of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members of the appropriate federal funds rate by the end of 2081 was 2.40%. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkhoff – If we are, in fact, in a trade war – then who’s winning? Is it the U.S.? China? Perhaps the smaller countries that don’t appear in the headlines each day? From my perspective, there are two ways to answer this question. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Kurt Kallaus By Kurt Kallaus – The broad-based S&P 500 and Russell Indices are hitting multi-month highs while the tech-heavy Nasdaq has been reaching record peaks with regularity this year. Despite the Wall of Worry over China Trade… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Late last month, CNBC reported “Southern California home sales crash, a warning sign to the nation.” The main culprits cited for the crash in one of the largest housing markets in the nation were higher rates, affordability concerns, and a shortage… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – After a pretty strong rally this year, the US dollar has pulled back slightly from its mid-August highs, helping to release some of the pressure on gold, commodities, and emerging markets. Back in June, Felix Zulauf warned on our show that if the dollar… …read more From:: Financial

By Matthew Kerkhoff By Matthew Kerkoff – In last week’s article I elaborated on why it’s important to allow the economic backdrop to guide us when price action becomes erratic. Today, I thought we would take a short tour of the… …read more From:: Financial Sense