Just when you think the story of Silicon Valley couldn’t get any wilder, a major financial institution takes a nosedive. The 16th-largest commercial bank in America. What caused the Silicon Valley Bank to go belly-up? While there are many theories and opinions out there, it’s not easy to come up with a definitive answer—but…
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Bitcoin vs. Gold: Is Digital or Physical the Way?
Since Satoshi Nakamoto authored and released the white paper for Bitcoin back in 2009, the financial industry has been hurled into a ferocious debate as to whether this invention of the world’s first digital currency will ultimately usurp all other fiat currencies including the world reserve, the USD, or not. As this debate progressed, those…
What is a Recession?
As we emerge from the pandemic, we’re hearing a lot of talk about a “recession”, but what exactly does that mean? The exact definition of a recession is a significant decline in economic activity over a long period of time. This can occur when the nation’s Gross domestic Product (GDP) is negative. Other signs…
A Country Within a Country
Let’s be blunt about it and not beat around the bush – Europe is in serious trouble. This is an issue for everyone around the world due to the global markets being heavily entangled with one another because of the rapid expansion of the derivatives market. Energy prices in the Eurozone are skyrocketing and citizens…
Evaluating Wealth Cycles
When evaluating where to put a portion of your wealth most investors are aware that no asset on earth will move straight up or straight down forever. Rather, the value of an asset acts more like a pendulum swinging from overvalued, crossing through a period of fair value, before ending up as an undervalued…
