Month: June 2022

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 Wall Street on Parade had an excellent article showing the seismic explosion in the Fed’s Balance Sheet after the housing bubble burst and ensuing financial crisis. Here is my version of their chart since 2000 where you can seen the seismic shift in the balance sheet (toxic green slime line), particularly
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press release PRESS RELEASE. ATLANTA, June 7, 2022 – Ledgible, the leading professional-first crypto tax and accounting platform, today announced $20 million in funding for its Series A Round led by EJF Capital LLC (“EJF”) through its affiliate, the EJF Silvergate Ventures Fund. Joining the round are JAM FINTOP, Thomson Reuters Ventures, TTV Capital, Fenbushi
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about child benefits and the earnings test, effects of not working for a number of years before filing and how delayed retirement credits are applied to benefit rates. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See
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Municipal issuers nervous about meeting proper market disclosure on ESG factors should just apply traditional disclosure rules and “you’ll be in a good place,” said Dave Sanchez, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities. But disclosure around bonds that are marketed specifically as green may prove thornier, said Sanchez, who made
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The Analysis And Discussion Provided On Silverdoctors Is For Your Education And Entertainment Only, It Is Not Recommended For Trading Purposes. The Doc Is Not An Investment Adviser And Information Obtained Here Should Not Be Taken For Professional Investment Advice. The Commentary On Silverdoctors Reflects The Opinions Of The Doc And Other Contributing Authors. Your
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In the event of climate changes visible worldwide, the growing need for cleaner sources of energy cannot be avoided. Advanced technologies are being developed across the globe to curtail the impact of greenhouse gases on the environment. In the United States, the Joe Biden government has invested heavily in offshore wind, nuclear and clean hydrogen
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Sharing is Caring! Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, Americans have limitless faith in democracy. In the early 19th century, that charmed Alexis de Tocqueville. His book Democracy in America still rings true today because not much has changed. The entire country can be in ruins and even then, most people figure that it will all
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IOTA Foundation, a non-profit distributed ledger technology ecosystem provider, partnered with tech giant Dell Technologies to develop a data-driven solution for the real-time tracking of carbon footprints.  Edge solutions from Dell Technologies announced the onboarding of IOTA, climate-change-focused technology company ClimateCHECK, and BioE, to develop a solution on top of Dell’s in-house initiatives: Data Confidence
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The South Korean science and ICT ministry has said it will recruit companies that will participate in its 2022 Metaverse Content Creation Project. A director in the ministry said the project is being promoted as part of the country’s industry-leading metaverse strategy. Building Trust in the Metaverse Content Creation Ecosystem South Korea’s Ministry of Science
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Maryland will sell $900 million of AAA-rated tax-exempt and $150 million of taxable general obligation bonds competitively Wednesday in the largest deal of the week.  “Through the pandemic, global unrest, and record inflation, we have managed to maintain the rating agencies’ confidence in our fiscal management,” said Maryland Treasurer Dereck Davis. Davis became treasurer in
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[embedded content] Gold is a long-term inflation hedge and safe haven, said Gary Wagner, Editor of the GoldForecast.com and Jeff Christian, Managing Director of the CPM Group. Speaking to David Lin, Anchor and Producer at Kitco News, Wagner and Christian agreed that under certain conditions, gold is also a hedge against stock market volatility. Gold,
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President Biden finally revealed his grand plan to fight inflation… by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch After months of consumer price increases and after countless working households found themselves in dire financial straits struggling to make ends meet, in the late May, President Biden finally revealed his grand plan to fight inflation in an op-ed for
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The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, has a dual mandate: to work to achieve low unemployment and to maintain stable prices throughout the economy. During a recession, unemployment rises, and prices sometimes fall in a process known as deflation. The Fed, in the case of steep economic downturns, may take dramatic steps to suppress
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Your browser does not support playing this file but you can still download the MP3 file to play locally. Boris Johnson on Monday night survived a bruising no-confidence vote, and Elon Musk’s legal team has written to Twitter threatening to abort his $44bn acquisition. Plus, the FT’s Kiran Stacey reports on Big Techs’ big fight
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