Monthly Archives: February, 2018

Bitcoin: Bubble, Ponzi Scheme, and Environmental Disaster

Bitcoin is a “combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster,” a top central-banking official recently cautioned, referring to the large...

Shale Oil Production Booming

The WSJ reports here that shale oil production is growing faster this year than it did when oil was at $100 per barrel. The...

Amazon Will Begin Deliveries from Whole Foods

Amazon is beginning to incorporate Whole Foods into its Prime Now delivery program. Prime Now offers one and two hour delivery options in certain...

Stand with Rand: Spending Matters

“I simply asked for one thing in this broken process: a 15-minute vote on whether those caps should or should not be broken. The...

Could Amazon Ever Replace UPS or FedEx?

Does Amazon have a sliver of a chance of amassing the scale necessary to replace UPS or FedEx? The two shipping companies have a...

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Are You Spending Your Money Foolishly?

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The Fed Unleashed a Force it Can’t Control

After the Fed told banks it was OK to...

How EPA Rules Shape Gasoline Costs

Motor gasoline in the US is specially blended based...

Bitcoin Down 70% from High

A central bank official quoted by the Wall Street...

IEA Warns of Supply Shocks and Falling Demand in 2026

The April 2026 Oil Market Report by the International...

A Furious Rally

The S&P 500 has rallied furiously from its October...

Bernanke Outsources Monetary Policy to Wall Street

Fed Asks Dealers to Estimate Size, Impact of Debt...

Absolute Return

The next time you see an advertisement for an...

Recession Pending? This Indicator Says Yes

One economic indicator we’ve been watching at Young Research...