…their own reserves—including U.S. dollars that global reserve managers keep for safety. Last year, the Biden Administration also seized Afghanistan’s cash assets during the Taliban takeover, and as countries realize…
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Silver Has Dropped. It Might Be Time To Buy
“A compelling argument can be made that 2022 will be a good year for silver,” says Edmund Moy, senior IRA strategist for the U.S. Money Reserve and former director of…
Buyback Monsters: Searching For Value In Companies with the Biggest Buybacks
This article was originally published on Forbes Just a few years ago, stock buybacks were a political punching bag. Ultra-low interest rates and borrowing costs, courtesy of the Federal Reserve,…
Senate Passes Bill That Requires Judges To Post Stock Trades
Legislation that will require Supreme Court and federal judges to quickly post their stock trades and financial holdings online passed unanimously in the Senate, The Wall Street Journal reports. The…
Should Bitcoin Be 5% Of Allocators’ Portfolios?
…the article argues. Without a higher level of safety or regulation, investors won’t move to make the full Bitcoin allocation. Given that there’s bipartisan support in the federal government for…
How Long Will The IPO Ride Last?
…reports The Wall Street Journal. Now that list stands at over 4000 for the first time in over 10 years. From a surge in cash from the federal government to…
Profit Falls In The Third Quarter For Berkshire Hathaway
…a cash reserve of over $149 billion—a record high for the company. In fact, their largest investment in the quarter was in itself; they bought back $7.6 billion of its…
Inflation Means Bigger Profits For Some American Companies
…These companies are seizing the opportunity to raise prices to match the rising costs—and consumers, ripe with savings and federal stimulus checks, are paying them. The profits tend to be…
Millennials Will Drive Up Housing Costs For Years
…the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. They also received $380 million in federal stimulus, and discovered investing (51% of new pandemic-era investors are millennials). In short, millennials have wealth, and…
Dividends & Buybacks Are Picking Up At Last
…a small ($25 billion) buyback. The ongoing threat to buybacks is Congress, with Democrats looking to tax them more heavily in order to fund federal spending plans, the article concludes….