[Yahoo/Bloomberg] European Stocks Advance With Elections in Focus: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil prices slip from multi-month highs on demand concerns [...]

Labor Costs To Spike Worldwide Inflation Higher For Decades Long-Term Interest Rates Higher For Much Longer “The rise of China and demography created a [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise With Boost From Rates Outlook: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Trades Near Two-Month High on Signs of US Inventory Drawdown [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop Ahead of Jobs Data; Nvidia Slips: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar soars near 38-year yen peak as Trump risk lifts US yields [...]

A few weeks ago we discussed in this space the value of excellent productive work. No nation can enjoy a high standard of living on a widespread basis without [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks, Euro Rise in Relief After French Election: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] French Markets Gain as Election Spurs Fragile Reprieve From [...]

For the Week: The S&P500 (up 14.5% y-t-d) and the Dow (up 3.8%) were little changed. The Utilities fell 1.3% (up 8.2%). The Banks rallied 2.5% (up 8.8%), [...]

[Reuters] France votes in election that could hand power to far right [Reuters] BIS sends government debt warning before important elections [Reuters] France [...]

A New Era Writing of the period just before the Great Depression’s guillotine dropped in the late 1920s, Dr. Benjamin Anderson, in his tour de force [...]

[AP] France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Macron Heads Into Election Showdown as Le Pen [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain as Focus Turns From Debate to Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Hits Two-Month High as Mideast Tensions Rattle Market [...]

This week we investigate the continuing bull market of gold and silver even with the slight dip that they took this week.  Meanwhile, palladium is on track to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip Ahead of Data as Micron Plunges: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil edges higher as Middle East risks offset US demand concerns [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall as Fed Official Cools Rate Hopes: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Yen slumps to lowest since 1986, putting traders on red alert [Reuters] [...]

Steph Pomboy: “The U.S. Fantasy Is That The World Needs The Dollar” Government’s Big Mistake Is Financing Our Debt On The Short End Of The [...]