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Newsfeed: Inflation surges 7.5% on an annual basis, even more than expected and highest since 1982

Newsfeed: Inflation surges 7.5% on an annual basis, even more than expected and highest since 1982

Consumer prices surged more than expected over the past 12 months, indicating a worsening outlook for inflation and cementing the likelihood of substantial interest rate hikes this year. The consumer price index for January, which measures the costs of dozens of everyday consumer goods, rose 7.5% compared with a year ago, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

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Podcast: The Road Ahead – A Candid Conversation with George Gammon

Podcast: The Road Ahead – A Candid Conversation with George Gammon

 George Gammon is a successful real estate investor and entrepreneur with a passion for learning and teaching macroeconomics …  From the fed and repo markets to inflation and central bank digital currencies … There’s a whole lot happening on the macro-level. And it’s all bound to trickle down and affect main street investors.  So

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Wash, rinse, repeat…

Wash, rinse, repeat…

Traders who play in the futures markets are familiar with the phrase, “Wash, rinse, repeat”. It describes how pros routinely relieve amateurs of their wealth in the Wall Street casinos.

But the same thing happens on Main Street … it’s just MUCH slower … and it’s easier for newbies to win because the action is too boring for real sharks.

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A theory on what’s REALLY happening … (Part 2 of 2)

A theory on what’s REALLY happening … (Part 2 of 2)

Last time, we explored the growling evidence that in spite of a tame Consumer Price Index (CPI), real-world inflation is becoming “a thing.” This is notable because it’s happening at a time when “velocity” … how fast money (or more accurately, “currency”) circulates … is slow due to lockdowns their fall out. In Part 2,

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The REAL lesson from the short-lived attack on silver …

The REAL lesson from the short-lived attack on silver …

The David versus Goliath saga of Robinhood day traders has alerted Main Street that Wall Street is a rigged game … in favor of club members. And it seems Main Streeters aren’t in the club. But while the GameStop run was fun to watch, the silver spectacle is MUCH more interesting for reasons we’ll explain momentarily. Most real

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