Slow GO: Is a Bear Market and Hard Landing Coming?

“Congratulations on your work. It has been a long slog to get the national accounts to introduce innovative measures. This will open up the potential for new insights into the behavior of the economy.” — William D. Nordhaus (Nobel Laurette, 2018), Yale University Three weeks ago, I stuck my neck out when I wrote an […]




Broken Wing Butterfly and Butterfly Spread – Option Trading Strategies

The broken wing butterfly and the butterfly spread are two different types of option trading strategies that involve trading four option contracts with the same expiration date, but with three different strike prices. These strategies can be profitable for investors, but also contain risk. This article will explain the broken wing butterfly and butterfly spread […]




Bear Call Spread and Bear Put Spread – Option Trading Strategies

The bear call spread and the bear put spread are option strategies used when an investor expects the price of the underlying security to fall. These strategies can be advantageous for investors when trying to profit off of the decline in the underlying security’s price. This article will explain the basics of the bear call […]




When Mises Met MMA

It’s not often that you hear the brilliant Austrian school economist Ludwig von Mises referenced in the public sphere. And it is particularly unusual to hear him referenced in the aftermath of two men engaged in brutal mixed martial arts (MMA) combat. But that’s exactly what happened on April 14, when Brazilian fighter Renato Moicano, […]