Economic and financial commentary by Truman Factor’s staff and contributing analysts.
I would discourage everyone from making too much out of the Chinese gold carry trade.…
Why an independent Scotland should get out of sterling, but Greece should not volunteer to exit the Eurozone…
Kiev is the equivalent of Kosovo as a Slavic city-of-origin. Are we seeing a replay?…
Interview with Edmund Phelps (2006 Nobel Prize in Economics)…
Even if you think that insider trading is bad, can you really say with a straight face that it is an act of deception?…
Too much faith is being placed in untested economic theories that may or may not work, or may or may not even be correct…
The longer you wait to cash out of the US dollar, the less you're going to get for your winnings…
It seems clear that the likely outcome is a systemic default on systemic debt in real terms so that nominal defaults can be avoided…
The Fed is stalling for time and hoping that the economy will inexplicably roar back to life…