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Campus unrest is the worst it’s been since the Vietnam War era. But colleges have much bigger problems. A major Baby Bust is underway and it’s going to change the face of society.

Just a few weeks ago, most people believed we’d still get rate cuts this year. I wasn’t one of them. But I’m no longer alone in my forecast. Now, it looks like rate hikes could even be possible. So what’s an investor to do?

We’re closing in on $35 trillion… Current budget deficits are far north of 6% of GDP… Neither presidential candidate has expressed any interest in restoring fiscal sanity… And the Federal Reserve, up until very recently, was still enthusiastically planning to cut rates even in the face of persistent inflation. You’d be insane to have any faith at all in the U.S. dollar. And yet, somehow, it gets worse.

Luke Lango tells us about the Fourth Bitcoin Halving and his new quant system that finds cryptos in the early stages of big technical breakouts..

Most of Millennials and Gen Z-ers have never actually experienced true capitalism, real economic freedom, and the wisdom of the “invisible hand.”

For anyone still holding out hopes that the Federal Reserve might be cutting rates soon, Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments yesterday should have put those hopes out to pasture…

In the spirit of Tax Day, let’s stop for a minute to consider where all of your tax dollars go… and highlight some of the truly asinine things Uncle Sam has chosen to waste our money on.

Young adults today are increasingly in favor of socialism. That’s unsurprising considering the hand they’ve been dealt. And, naturally, politicians are pandering to their whims to garner election votes. But what does this mean for your investments and your financial future. Find out now.

Young people today no longer believe in capitalism. Sadly, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen real capitalism in the wild, but young voters aren’t big on nuance right now. They’re angry, and the solutions they’re going to demand at the ballot box are only going to make the problems worse…

Inflation came in hotter than expected yesterday, effectively killing Wall Street’s expectations of a May 1 interest rate cut. The Fed funds futures market is now pricing in a 94% probability that rates remain unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5%. So now what?