Monthly Archive: May 2025

Leverage For Retirement Plans: Is The Risk Appropriate?

2025-05-14

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2025-05-14

Bloomberg recently published, This 30-Year Old's Startup Is Bringing Leverage To 401K Savers. Their article details Basic Capital, a new startup providing institutional investment strategies to individual 401K and IRA savers.

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How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices Without Price Controls

2025-05-14

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2025-05-14

While Trump has not yet turned to price controls to address America‘s absurdly high drug prices, Monday‘s executive order suggests that he soon may.

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Bonuses cuts of ex- Credit Suisse bosses ruled unlawful

2025-05-14

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2025-05-14

Bonuses of former Credit Suisse managers may not be reduced Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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A Closer Scrutiny of Affirmative Action (Reservation) Programs in India

2025-05-14

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2025-05-14

India has the longest history of affirmative action programs in the world and they have become the center of heated controversy between two clashing viewpoints.

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The Tragedy of War

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

There are no “good wars,” rather, there are wars with varying degrees of destructiveness. The American War Between the States was especially destructive, and the scars have not fully healed 160 years after it ended.

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Wealth Generation and the Market Economy

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.

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The Salem Witch Tariffs: How Economic Witch Hunts Undermine Liberty

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

As the progressive left and the anti-trade right merge their arguments, the current political atmosphere is quickly turning into a witch hunt. Unfortunately, we know that these situations don't end well.

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Bullish Consolidation for the Dollar

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

Overview:  The capital markets are continuing to digest the implications of the US-China 90-day cooling off period. There were dramatic moves yesterday, and with a few exceptions, a consolidative tone has emerged today. The domestic US political focus is shifting to the budget, while the May CPI is due today, and it is expected to …

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Executive Order On Drug Prices Rattles Healthcare Sector

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

Despite the weekend's positive news on China trade negotiations and the associated jump in most stock prices, the healthcare sector was hit hard. The culprit is an executive order aimed at reducing U.S. prescription drug prices. Donald Trump plans to implement a "Most Favored Nation" (MFN) policy.

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The Essential Guide to Risk Management in Investment and Retirement Planning

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

Risk management is one of the most crucial elements of successful financial planning, serving as the foundation for both protecting your assets and achieving your long-term financial goals.

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The Classical Liberals Were Radical Opponents of War and Militarism

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

Extolling peace has characterized the classical liberal movement from the eighteenth century, at least from Turgot, on through the nineteenth century to Ludwig von Mises.

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The Dehumanizing Nature of Tariffs

2025-05-13

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2025-05-13

Any government deploying this so-called policy tool is trespassing upon property rights. As a result, human beings are in a word: dehumanized.

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Explaining the Quirks in the GDP Report

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Bob Murphy digs into the latest GDP numbers, questions Peter St. Onge’s optimistic spin, and shows what the data really says about tariffs, trade, and recession fears.

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The One Real Economic Indicator: "Upgrade to Premium"

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

If you want to escape immiseration, that option is available--upgrade to Premium. I propose we set aside the conventional economic measures (GDP, unemployment, corporate profits, etc.) in favor of a more real-world metric: how many times we're hectored to "upgrade to Premium" to regain services that were once part of what we already paid for.

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US says Switzerland at ‘front of queue’ for trade deal

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Tariffs: Washington puts Switzerland "at the front of the queue" of countries Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language...

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Jordan Peterson and the Real “Dark Tetrad”

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Peterson implies the “dark tetrad” is emerging on the non-interventionist right, cloaking their real intentions with conservative rhetoric. Interestingly, however, a historical parallel exists in neoconservatism, whose intellectual roots are deeply rooted in Machiavellianism.

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Wealth Generation and the Market Economy

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.

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Don’t Be A Panican, But Question Government Shenanigans

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Ours in an age when people panic, sometimes for good reasons but often for bad. Governments benefit from panicked citizenry, which is why we always should question those political decisions that can turn our lives upside down.

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Trump’s promise to lower drug prices rattles Swiss pharma stocks

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Roche and Novartis lost up to 3% in Zurich on Monday morning. Keystone / Georgios Kefalas Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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US-China Strike 90-Day Cooling Off Period: Dollar and Equities Rally, Bonds Slump

2025-05-12

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2025-05-12

Overview:  The US and China struck an agreement that would lower tariffs for a 90-day cooling off period. The US tariff on China falls to 30% from 145%, while China's tariff on the US falls to 10% from 125%. A new forum was established to allow recurring discussions on economics and trade. The dollar spiked …

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