The Heart of the Economy

Written by a fellow named Porter Stansberry at DailyWealth.com .

Vietnam recently decided to depreciate their currency, the dong, by 5%, raising concerns throughout Asia about the possibility of competitiv...

Look at this fascinating visualization of the decline of the great imperial powers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Who might be next, I wond...

The veil of illusion that says the dollar has value is being torn away. Last week’s “Saturday Night Live” had an actor playing President Oba...

Obama’s trip to China was mostly photo-ops and talk about the importance of trade. The one topic on which Obama spoke sharply was the need f...

The news of the week is rising auto sales in the US, stimulated by the Federal program called ‘cash-for-clunkers’ where you trade in fuel-in...

So far in 2009, the S&P 500 is up 21%, while gold is up nearly 25%. Gold and stocks have been moving in tandem for much of the year, an ...

Well, my writing activity has really fallen off over the last few months. But I have been writing for the Borsen-Kourier, just not posting i...

For the first time during this recession, US GDP is registering solid growth of 3.5% for Q3 of 2009. Declining businesses inventories playe...

The American household continues the path of downsizing and consolidation. Electricity usage, which hardly ever declines, has fallen 2.3% in...