by wpadmin | Feb 2, 2026 | Perspectives
Since the first of the year, gold has gone up in value by over 16 percent. Silver is up by over 53 percent. The Standard & Poor’s index is up just over 1 percent. The trends are interrelated. Historically, gold was seen as a barometer of world stress. In earlier...
by wpadmin | Dec 23, 2025 | Perspectives
In the short term, the forecasts we find most credible call for a continuation of the present into the future. If things are going a certain way, simply predict they will continue to do so. Such predictions are not really a forecast. They are extrapolating the present...
by wpadmin | Nov 25, 2025 | Perspectives
As has been stated before, some see demography as destiny. This is due to population growth being, along with productivity and number of hours worked, the key components of economic growth as quoted by Paul Samuelson, the Nobel Prize economist. Against that backdrop,...
by wpadmin | Nov 3, 2025 | Perspectives
Billy Wilder was a writer, director and producer of a number of motion pictures, 7 of which won Academy Awards. In one of his last interviews, addressing statements by others that he was past his prime said, “People say Billy Wilder is out of touch with the times. Who...
by wpadmin | Oct 2, 2025 | Perspectives
Currently, four tech firms have announced that over the next three years they intend to spend a collective $710 billion to establish dominance in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The stock market has bid up the prices of their shares in reflection of the individual...
by wpadmin | Aug 21, 2025 | Perspectives
Illegal immigration is very much in the news. The deportation of immigrants is a central focus of the Trump administration, along with its campaign to reduce interest rates. For this reason, a pursual of the data may be helpful in examining the scope and approach to...
