by Garrett Baldwin | May 18, 2023 | Market Commentary
Journalist Matt Taibbi once described Goldman Sachs as a “great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.” It made a fortune during the Great Financial Crash. It made a ton of money...
by Garrett Baldwin | May 17, 2023 | Market Commentary
There’s a little bit of chatter this week about the U.S. government finally refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after years of dumping it to keep oil prices low. This was especially the case in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (during an election...
by Garrett Baldwin | May 11, 2023 | Market Commentary
Regarding the debt ceiling, Congress loves to kick the can down the road for future generations. For a group of people who constantly talk about how we have to save the future for our children (whether it’s climate change or another big issue), they sure have no...
by Garrett Baldwin | May 3, 2023 | Market Commentary
To keep my sanity, I’ve turned back to my Kindergarten roots. I’m designing my own coloring book that has the Federal Reserve as a theme using AI image generator Midjourney. For example, here’s Fed Chair Jerome Powell literally asleep at a wheel. I’m sure my...
