Archive for Between the Lines
Fed’s Quandary: Hike Rates In June Or Wait?
Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines Editor’s Note: I am traveling today to attend the funeral of the Mother of my long-time friend and former business partner, John Mauldin. As a result, I have reprinted a very good article from John Crudele in the New York Post yesterday. Booming Jobs…
Where Interest Rates Are Headed: Fed vs. Futures
Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines Market analysts these days are obsessing over when the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates, but the more important issue is where rates end-up once Yellen & Company finish “normalizing” the Fed Funds rate, whenever that might be. Fed officials have made it…
The Shrinking Middle Class – What’s The Real Reason?
Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines The so-called “middle class” in America – generally those making between $35,000 and $100,000 a year (depending on where one lives) – has been shrinking over the last few decades. Opinions abound over why this is happening. President Obama and other liberals claim that…
Inflation Is Plunging Globally – Is Deflation Next?
Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines In my February 10 E-Letter, I focused on how deflation is spreading around the world, first in Japan since the 1990s and more recently in Europe, which saw inflation go negative in December of last year – for the first time in decades. This…
Don’t Let Obama Take Over The Internet
Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines I have warned in the past that President Obama wants the government to regulate the Internet. Specifically, the Internet would be placed under the control to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) and be regulated as a “public utility” as a part of what Mr….
Fears Of Russian Financial Crisis Roil Equity Markets
Gary D Halbert Between the Lines Most Americans and others around the world are benefitting from the dramatic collapse in oil and energy prices. If oil prices remain around $50 a barrel this year, AAA estimates the energy savings should be $50-$70 billion in the US alone in 2015, or…