By Robert Romano The financial media and establishment really have no shame. No matter how many times they are proven wrong with their fear campaigns, dire warnings of financial crisis remain the go-to tactic of some of the most powerful institutions in the world against sovereign peoples […]

By Natalia Castro After an emotional election season comes the far more pleasant holiday shopping season, but for most retail chains this could be more problematic than lucrative. As the retail market braces for its holiday push, stores are finding it difficult to hire seasonal […]

By Robert Romano On the campaign trail, one of the most far-reaching promises President-elect Donald Trump made was to restore U.S. economic growth to an inflation-adjusted 4 percent annual rate. Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Sept. 15, Trump said , “it’s time to establish a national goal of reaching 4 percent of economic growth. And my […]

By Robert Romano Federal Reserve Janet Yellen broadcast to the world on Nov. 17 that an interest rate hike by the central bank is likely to come soon, maybe even the next time the Fed meets. “At our meeting earlier this month, the Committee judged that the […]

By Robert Romano On Nov. 11, the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact died a quiet death as the Obama administration abandoned efforts to pass the trade deal during the lame duck session of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports . The problem? Donald Trump won the election by taking away Pennsylvania, […]

By Nathan Mehrens As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/reining-in-the-anti-business-national-labor-relations-board/ Once again, due to President Obama’s actions, the U.S. Supreme Court must settle a dispute involving the appointment of an officer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The case here is SW General v. NLRB, involving a […]

By Robert Romano Donald Trump was elected. So, the sky must be falling. Markets would crash, financial institutions and media had confidently predicted before the election. Except, that hasn’t happened. Which is unsurprising to the American people, who have grown accustomed to disregarding warnings issued by biased media outlets that hate their guts. Nothing […]

By Robert Romano “Citigroup: Trump win would cause immediate stock drop.” “A Trump win would sink stocks.” “Economists: A Trump win would tank the markets,” shrieks Politico. These are just some of the headlines the American people have been treated to in the closing days of the election cycle, all intended of course to inspire fear of a win by Donald Trump in the election. Basically, it’s just voter […]

By Robert Romano Marie Clintonette strikes again. Hillary Clinton really does support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. So says the campaign’s Labor Outreach Director Nikki Budzinski in a new Wikileaks email dated November 3, 2015 to campaign advisors that it was U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) who let the cat out of the bag. Budzinski was attempting to engage in damage control. “She claimed in the meeting that she […]

By Marita Noon Until Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti nearly a month ago, on October 4, the impoverished island country was out of the headlines — pushed aside by election news. But new emails which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the […]