Unintended Consequences of Trade War with China
The trade war is escalating to what might become a currency war. Other unintended consequences have followed, making global markets nervous. August 12, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP In this battle of will between the US and China, inevitably, the victims will be the private consumers. At the G20 Summit in Japan, it […]
US Military Testing Surveillance Balloons in Latest Surveillance State Expansion
The US military commissioned a test run of surveillance balloons. This latest intrusion into the privacy of individuals is like metadata collection. August 5, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I forget about the contingent of people who genuinely believe that government’s job is to make them feel safe. It’s not. Providing for the […]
Lehman-Style “Lock-Up” May Freeze Deutsche Assets…
Poor management decisions at the bank level can lead to some scary decisions like frozen accounts. The spin Deutsche put on it makes it even scarier. August 2, 2019 James Simons heads up one of the world’s top-performing hedge funds (Ren-Tech). This fund got to that esteemed position by making predictions so accurate it seemed […]
Healthcare & Housing Affordability are Election Hot-Button Issues
With elections coming in the US, affordability of healthcare and housing are the hot-button topics dominating policy discussions. July 29, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP With the elections coming up, there is a lot of talk about what people can “afford” and how that connects with “living wages”. It’s obnoxious because the political […]
5 U.S. Agencies Team Up to END Bank Security
The US government is looking for ways to compromise the security of your information so they can gain access to your bank accounts. July 23, 2019 Imagine opening your email one morning and finding this message from your bank: Security Alert: Your Account Has Been Compromised As you processed the meaning of the email, there […]
The SECURE Act: Good or Bad for IRAs?
The SECURE Act has a provision in it which puts a wrench in the estate planning strategy of Stretch IRAs, and it looks like a money-grab on the 1%. July 22, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP By the end of first quarter in 2017, US total retirement holdings was just over $26 Trillion. […]
Deutsche Bank Investigated for Money Laundering (And This)
Several banks around the world are jeopardizing their depositors’ holdings with some rather shady dealings with money launderers. July 16, 2019 What would you think if you went down to the local coffee shop, got a newspaper, and read that your bank was being investigated for money laundering? We’ve previously covered an instance where a […]
The CASE Act: Help or Hinder?
Government policy has a tendency to derail from its good intentions. Will the CASE Act help defend copyright, or be weaponized against free speech? July 15, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I’m going to ask you to keep something in mind while you read through this. It’s going to seem odd, but just […]
Tax Distraction
When people are distracted by who is paying taxes and who isn’t, they miss the part where a crazy tax regime and new recruits aren’t necessary. July 1, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I see these articles flying around incredibly angry about how the “uber rich” aren’t paying taxes from the left… I […]
The Fight Against a Subtle Tyranny
Are hand-outs and welfare rooted in what has been called “the tyranny of low expectations”? Could economic freedom be the antidote to that poison? June 24, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director, GWP I heard a very thought-provoking quote from Naval Ravikant. He was addressing the coming of further automation and artificial intelligence (AI). When […]
