Maxime Bernier is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, politician and serving as a member of parliament for riding Beauce since 2006. In addition to being the founder and current leader of the Popular Party of Canada, he has used relevant information to justify your plan to reduce future immigration levels. And […]
Where central banks led, mortgage loans continued in most markets. In this way, it is appropriate to say that the vertiginous fall of the world at zero or negative interest rates has just passed another milestone since homebuyers in Denmark are effectively paid to take out 10-year mortgages. For its […]
Negative-yielding debt surged to over $15 trillion earlier this month. This pile of negatively-yielding paper includes government and corporate bonds, along with some euro junk bonds. In a recent episode of the Wolf Street Report, Wolf Richter called this “NIRP absurdity.” And it could be coming to America. Negative interest […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang proudly proclaimed on an analyst earnings call this week that artificial intelligence is the “single most powerful force of our time.” Nvidia reported Q2 earnings and revenues that beat analysts’ expectations as demand for graphics and artificial intelligence chips picked up. After the earnings call, I […]
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was buoyed into office by a wave of new and young voters. He will need those votes again if he is to win a second term in the upcoming national elections. But that became more challenging on Wednesday after a scathing report by Canada’s […]
It’s been relatively easy, so far, to feel immune to the effects of the trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched about a year ago. It’s been relatively easy, so far, to feel immune to the effects of the trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched about a […]
China’s biggest energy company is backing away from direct purchases of Venezuelan crude as the Trump administration tightens sanctions against the South American nation. China National Petroleum Corp. has canceled plans to load about 5 million barrels worth of Venezuelan oil onto ships this month in the aftermath of the […]
(CNN) In his search for examples of a more equitable society, Bernie Sanders has long looked north … to Northern Europe, that is. The “Nordic model” consists of strong welfare states funded by relatively high levels of taxation, which enable governments to provide high-quality education and health care for all. […]
SEATTLE — The Seattle Sounders are adding Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and wife Ciara, hip-hop artist Macklemore and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to the MLS club’s ownership group. Other investors are also coming aboard while current majority owner Adrian Hanauer is increasing his investment stake in the club. Hollywood producer Joe Roth, […]
The economic situation scares me. But then, I’m not an economist Some economists seem to think that only a credentialed economist has the right to be utterly wrong about an issue of economics. Their contempt for amateurs — columnists with broad audiences, for example — would sear the lungs if inhaled. So, because criticism […]