Highlighted in last Wednesday's WrapUp was a broad-based deterioration in both business and consumer confidence that poses a significant threat to the economy's growth going forward.
The Danielcode is an ancient and mystic sequence of numbers stretching from zero to infinity. It predates the Fibonacci sequence by 18 centuries. I first came upon it 10 years ago while testing the market significance of squares and roots of historic numbers.
The state is a necessary evil. Society cannot maintain liberty without the state’s war-making powers. That being admitted, the state is dangerous. It can be used to destroy liberty. History tells of the many generals who became masters of the state, from Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte.
No matter where you look, whether it's business sentiment, consumer sentiment, or even foreign sentiment, expectations and confidence are falling by the wayside and sharply.
Most Americans would not understand Aristotle’s claim that man is, by nature, a “political animal.” Admittedly, most Americans don’t think about politics. They are busy working and taking care of their families.
Despite the market's two-day rally, don't be fooled into thinking that the pain of the summer credit crisis is behind us. Quite the contrary, it's really just picking up steam
One day the United States, as we know it, will disappear and Washington, D.C. will not be the capital of a great nation. But before history reaches this moment, millions of Americans will experience the greatest economic reversal of all time.
Bungling is normal in government work, and every war is parade of error. The classic writer on the subject, Carl von Clausewitz, explained that in war you have “friction.” Murphy’s Law comes into effect. “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.”
When October's jobs report came out on Friday November 2nd, there were some questions as to the validity of the numbers. Maria Bartiromo asked CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman to comment on the numbers.
Many things are cyclical. That is to say, they occur again and again like clockwork, on the striking of an hour or the passage of a certain day. Winter recurs annually. The menstrual cycle corresponds to the phases of the moon.
