Last Friday, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed. It was deemed systemically unsafe by the U.S. Treasury and federal regulators. The bank was put into receivership to be administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). As late as last Wednesday, the bank’s holding company was in the process of raising
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian terrorist. The powers to be at the time were Great Britain, France, Russia, Germany, and the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. The world geopolitically at the time was represented by a series of alliances
Another mass shooting shocks America. Leaders at all levels condemn the violence. A grief-stricken community asks the question, why? And, the country wonders, when will this insanity ever end? Â Americans now search their souls for answers to insipient divisiveness. Â The murderer in Buffalo, New York, appears to have
The stock market recently has been a roller coaster for investors. Even though even today, financial markets are reflecting signs of instability. The fear of higher interest rates and impending recession are cited as the primary causes for the emotional nature of investment uncertainty. Â The underlying causes of the
Dictionary.com defines a tsunami as an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption. When a tsunami hits the shoreline of a populated area, it can cause massive destruction. Such a gigantic wave is the result of a force of nature that is ineluctable as to
The prevalent question on many people’s minds today is, what currency will be stable in the future? By this, they mean, what money in the future will allow them to maintain their present lifestyle, whatever that may be, as they are currently doing with dollars today? Some worry about savings
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