Worried About Sugar Consumption?

Worried About Sugar Consumption?

by | Nov 2, 2019 | Commodities

Americans weigh more this decade than they did the last ten years, but fewer adults say they want to lose weight. 28% of Americans said they weighed 200 pounds or more between 2010 and 2109- a four point jump from 2001-2009, according to a new Gallup poll. Still fewer...
Fiscal Responsibility

Fiscal Responsibility

by | Oct 15, 2019 | Politics

The Republicans are known for fiscal responsibility. Why is that? The last 40 years has shown something different. The reputation must have been built up before President Reagan took office in 1981, because since his term, it has been pretty obvious that there is a...
A Tale of Two Oil Companies

A Tale of Two Oil Companies

by | Oct 14, 2019 | Commodities

The divergent fortunes of the two largest Latin American oil companies. The situation at Petrobras was dire in 2015. It was being used by the Brazilian government as an ATM effectively and its debt had grown to $128 billion, the largest of any oil company in the...
The Rich Avoid Taxes

The Rich Avoid Taxes

by | Oct 11, 2019 | Finance

The rich avoid taxes. Surprised? The wealthiest 400 households in the United States paid 23% in combined taxes at all levels last year. That is the equivalent rate, or actually slightly lower than what lower income families pay and about 2/3rds what higher income...
Doomsday Dollar

Doomsday Dollar

by | Oct 10, 2019 | Finance

The “Doomsday Dollar”,( important for commodity traders). AG Bisset Associates, a long time currency trading group has observed that the US dollar works in fifteen year cycles. The most recent strong cycle ended on January of 2017.In the past three cycles, the dollar...