The concept of geopolitics sounds academic and tough to comprehend, but actually it’s not. Put simply, geopolitics is the study of how international relations between countries are influenced by geographical factors. For years, ever since the decline of Soviet Union...
The official end of the Federal Reserve’s third round of Quantitative Easing came in October 2014, and as the dust settles, financial experts are still debating just who benefited the most from that massive economic boost – and it may not have been US consumers. It’s...
In recent times, American workers have seen their retirement plans evaporate as employers and financial institutions mismanage or whittle away their pension funds. As another round of indictments come down for the nation’s biggest banks, one Senator is asking whether...
By a number of indicators, the US housing market is bouncing back after its massive collapse of 2008. But US homeowner rates are at near historic lows, with few first time buyers. Among the many factors contributing to those low rates are an often overlooked, but...
And you thought there was just one US housing market. Turns out, there are many regional versions that make up the national market whose ups and downs are being closely monitored after the massive collapse of a few years ago. And not all those markets are behaving the...
