Author DM Celley

October 2022

WHAT HAPPENS TO FINANCIAL MARKETS WHEN INTEREST RATES RISE?

Surging inflation has forced central banks including the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.  Their objective is to cool down the economy without disrupting normal activities in financial markets.  Interest rate increases initially impact financial institutions that borrow from central banks.  From there the increases are gradually passed on to other lenders in the chain […]

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CAN UKRAINIAN FORCES DEFEAT RUSSIA?

Last February, Vladimir Putin, Russiaโ€™s President, sent a 200,000 man army across the border from Russia into the sovereign nation of Ukraine.  He apparently believed that the Ukrainian forces would fall easily, as the size and strength of his invading force has proven to be inadequate for the job it was assigned to do.  In

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THE BERLIN WALL: THE SYMBOL OF THE COLD WAR

The Berlin Wall was arguably the most significant symbol of the Cold War.  After the end of World War II, Germany became a divided country between the Soviet Union in the east, and Western powers.  Before long, tensions between the Soviet Union and the Western powers began to increase over disputes surrounding the administration of

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