Aubie Baltin CFA, CTA, CFP, PhD
Aubie Baltin CFA, CTA, CFP, PhD Articles
It wasn't too long ago that the talking heads of Wall St. and the Media were all worrying that our Goldilocks disinflation economy was turning into Deflation; then suddenly out of the blue we were told that we are now on the verge of...
Before we can even begin to discuss Interest rates intelligently, we must first define what it is that we are actually talking about since it appears that all the talking Media Heads and Wall Street analysts haven't a clue as to how...
Before we start, some definitions regarding the money supply are in order. M1, Money Supply; consists of cash plus checking accounts and travelers checks. M2, consists of M1 plus retail money market funds, savings and small time deposits....
The Demise of Inflation
During America's 1970's flirtation with hyper-inflation, wage and price increases were driven by a rapid expansion of the money supply, created by the FED to fund government deficits. The upward spiral was finally...
Greenspan's long-ago warning still rings true. Is Anyone listening?
There is no question that we have a 'Barrel of Troubles" from the Devil of The Twin Deficits (Trade & Budget) to the Deep Blue Sea of the Looming Bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. If that's not enough to worry about...
It's time we all stopped bellyaching and begging the government to fix our every minor problems and started taking responsibility for ourselves. Let's take the price of gas as an example. The Congress has managed to hold up the Energy Bill...
Despite a sharply falling dollar, the U.S. Trade Deficit has continued to confound the experts by steadily increasing to new record levels of 6.3 % of GDP. What are the implications of this for the U.S. economy and what, if anything,...
