Online Purchases Keep Rising – So Does Theft

Online Purchases Keep Rising – So Does Theft

Black Friday online sales were a new record in the US at $7.4 billion. Cyber Monday sales were $9.2 billion, also a new record and up 16.9% over last year. Sounds impressive until you realize that China’s Singles Day sales just last month were $60 billion. But in any...
The Rich Avoid Taxes

The Rich Avoid Taxes

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

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...
Which financial entity has more clout?

Which financial entity has more clout?

Which financial entity has more clout? The following is a list of the largest banks in the US by assets under management (AUM). The top four banks now account for 50% of all US banking assets. A fairly large concentration and one which totals $8.97 trillion (for the...
Inflation coming back?

Inflation coming back?

The CPI was released on 07/11/19 and the monthly number came in the highest since March of 2006, with an increase of 0.3%. Interestingly enough, the strong job number released last Friday, already caused the 30 year bond to post a large outside day down. Now the CPI...