Posts by Jeff Berwick

We spend most of our time pointing out just how bad things are getting, so it is nice at this time of the year to write a positive, uplifting message. Of course, Christmas as we know it today, is the usual concoction of elite influences.  The holiday was originally co-opted by the Church, taking a…

The Dow plummeted 367 points on Friday in its biggest drop since September. Did you notice? Hope so. It was the biggest drop since September and when you add it all up, 2015 has been the most volatile year for averages since 2008. In fact, if you add it up, the Dow has just managed…

The Federal Reserve stayed at 0% interest rates for exactly seven years, to-the-day when Janet Yellen finally stopped dithering and increased rates a whopping 0.25%. Meanwhile, most citizens were preoccupied with a new movie about an orphaned boy who becomes radicalized after a military strike killed his family. ¨This young man  is indoctrinated into an ancient religion,…

All eyes in the financial world will be once again on Janet Yellen on December 16th, as she announces a decision to raise rates by 0.25% or to leave them at 0%… where they have been for exactly seven years. That’s right, the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to an unprecedented 0% level on December…

With less than a week until Grand Wizard Yellen names the proper interest rate for all the world,, the markets looked near collapse. The S&P had its worst week since August, closing down nearly 2% and the Dow Jones industrial average fell 309.54 points on Friday, or 1.76 percent, to 17,265.21 with every component in…