By Robert Romano “We’ll look at potentially extending the maturity of the debt, because eventually we are going to have higher interest rates, and that’s something that this country is going to need to deal with.” That was President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, […]

By Robert Romano Yet another piece from the mainstream media insinuating that Donald Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor is a closet racist. This time the hit comes from Politico’s Ben Schreckinger, writing, “Bannon’s film blamed racial-bias law for financial collapse.” The piece does not outright accuse Bannon of being a racist, of course, it […]

By Natalia Castro President Barack Obama has decided to leave a lasting impression before he exists office. Obama has put in place a student debt forgiveness program which only helps few while costing all excessively. Now as costs of tuition continue to soar, the Obama […]

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 […]