In Response to the military invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Russia has been sanctioned by numerous countries in an effort to force economic pain on the invaders. As an economic weapon in the face of military action sanctioning is not new—it dates back to 432 BC in Greece. It typically arises when a trading partner of […]
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With the invasion of the Ukraine by the Russian military, and the corresponding sanctioning by the West, it appears that another Iron Curtain may be falling over Europe bringing with it another cold war. So far, the conflict has been limited to the Ukraine and potentially Belarus from whose territory part of the Russian Invasion
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When World War I ended in November, 1918, Germany’s economy was in a shambles. At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Germany was obliged to accept defeat and agree to pay a huge amount of money for reparations primarily to France and Belgium, owing to the great destruction and loss of life inflicted on those
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Today’s financial markets have shown considerable volatility that’s likely to unnerve many private investors. Much of the reason for it comes from the changing character of the economy due to the massive amount of government stimulus stemming from the pandemic. As this stimulus winds down in the face of inflation, financial markets have been shifting
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Ninety-three years ago on October 24, 1929, the U.S. stock markets went on a sharp decline that eventually fell by 89% of the all-time high of 381.17 reached on September 3 of that year. On July 8, 1932, the bleeding finally stopped as the Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed out at $41.22, and didn’t reach
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The Federal Reserve has all but guaranteed us that interest rate increases will be forthcoming, perhaps as soon as March of this year. Further, the process of quantitative easing, or increasing the money supply as the Fed buys government bonds, will be dialed back to zero. We know that interest rate increases should have an
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In the early days of the United States, banking became a hot topic as some of the founding fathers were opposed to the establishment of a centralized national bank. Their reasoning came from Britain’s attempt to place the American colonies under the financial control of the Bank of England, that was seen as another act
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Inflation is a problem that we have most fortunately not had to deal with for over forty years. The last great inflation took place in the 1970’s and reached double digits before being reined in by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. The influence of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman was prominent during the
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For quite some time Zillow.com has served as a one-stop site to manage a real estate buy, sell, or rent transaction. By visiting the website, anyone can find all manner of properties for sale or rent. They even maintain an inventory of residences in dozens of cities throughout the country for the purposes of making
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Thanks to the good people at bookviralreviews.com, and thanks to the popularity of Sultan Road I have become A Millennium Book Award Longlisted Author. Please notice the attached medallion.
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