The U.S. Mint announced that it had temporarily run out of 2014 American eagle silver dollars. At $16 an ounce, investors were buying them at record numbers (40 million were sold last year).
Last week on Veteran’s Day, I had breakfast at the magnificent old Union League of Philadelphia with Jeremy Siegel, the University of Pennsylvania’s renowned professor of finance, who is known as the Wizard of Wharton.
Now that the Republicans have taken over Capitol Hill, can they make any difference? Gridlock is expected for the next two years.
I had lunch with former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan during the New Orleans Investment Conference.
I recently saw Paul Krugman speak at Westchester Community College, where he made several controversial statements.
Next year, our theme at FreedomFest is “Can We Restore the American Dream?” We’ve already received a strong response.