Inflation Investment Tsunamis have been prominent in the news lately, and it got me to thinking about inflation investments.  These devastating natural disasters start with powerful undersea earthquakes.  A swell of fast-moving water ripples out from the quake, and some of those ripples move toward land.  By the time the swell reaches land, the momentum [...]

The Government Response I’ve given the CPI – the Consumer Price Index – something of a hard time lately. If you’ve been following my articles, you know I’ve been critical of some of the changes to the way the CPI is calculated. The danger is that inflation might be misstated, and I’ve pointed to articles [...]

Shadow Statistics One of the most important numbers in the financial world is called the CPI – the Consumer Price Index. It’s vitally important in government, too, because lots of different kinds of government spending are hitched to the CPI. If it goes up faster, the government spends money faster. If it goes up slower, [...]

Gold Bug Gold has one interesting attribute that makes it unique. Throughout all of the history of mankind, gold has been a currency. Why’s that important today? Because people still have a tendency to run to gold during times of uncertainty. Oil prices are going up? The gold bug bites them and they buy some [...]

Inflation Tsunami Tsunamis have been prominent in the news lately. These devastating natural disasters start with powerful undersea earthquakes. A swell of fast-moving water ripples out from the quake, and some of those ripples move toward land. By the time the swell reaches land, the momentum of that water pushes giant waves out of the [...]