Economy

Can Electric Vehicles Actually Save the U.S. Economy?

How much did it take to fill up your gas tank this week? $50 … $60 … $80 or more? The price of oil is on the rise, but so are sales on electric vehicles. Last year, EV sales (as a percentage of new car sales) grew from 2.2% to 6.1%… That’s 3 million electric…

3 Ways the Federal Reserve is Watching Inflation

Last Friday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This is a traditional location for Fed chairs to make important pronouncements. The Kansas City Fed has hosted an annual conference in Jackson Hole since 1982. Officials started holding conferences a few years earlier. During that time, locations changed and the speeches didn’t…

Why Wall Street Money is Pouring into American Small Towns

The last time anything like this happened was back in 1973… Early investors saw gains over 3,500% in just five years. And 117,000 new jobs were created. This small town went on to become one of the richest areas in the U.S. with 74 billionaires and over 76,000 millionaires calling it home. Now, it’s happening…

How China’s “Deflation” Will Affect the U.S. Market

Inflation versus deflation: What’s the bigger problem? Unlike the U.S. right now, China’s not experiencing inflation. Data suggests that they’re actually going through “deflation” — a slow decline of market prices. As a world power, how might China’s deflation issue affect the U.S. economy? On today’s episode of The Banyan Edge Podcast, Ian King weighs…

Automated Machine Learning Cuts Costs & Boosts Productivity

Ian is putting all his attention into the new American AI Wealth Summit today and then taking some well-deserved time off to welcome his new baby! (Welcome to the team Baby King! You can sign our card for him here if you want!) This week, I’m happy to take the lead because I have an…

Washington Spent $2 Trillion on a “Green New Deal”

First things first, I want to make sure you saw this. I’m sharing a special video presentation this Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. It’s very important that you attend because… I’m giving away my #1 Super Stock at the event — for free. So don’t miss out. You can put your name on the list…

How AI Can Cure the Global Labor Shortage

We won’t be having The Banyan Edge Podcast this week because I’m currently travelling. And alas, I have nowhere to properly broadcast it. A decent office setup isn’t so easy to find in the middle of a soccer tournament. So, our moveable feast continues. We left San Sebastián on Saturday to cross the border into…

What Market Moves Say About the Attempted Russia Coup

I watch the news channels, but mostly for entertainment. Many years ago, I learned that markets disclose more useful information than talking heads. I had that realization in the 1990s while serving in the Air Force where I had the chance to visit the Middle East and South Korea as tensions rose in those regions….

A Better Way to Make Food?

What’s the next Amazon, Apple, Tesla — the next grand slam home run? I can tell you. It’s going to be an artificial intelligence stock. The applications are limitless. Robotics, reshoring, health care, even the food you eat. We’re revealing a company today that just launched its first fully autonomous tractor, which is really 20…

Investing with AI Models: Uncovering Hidden Trading Patterns

AI. Those two letters are the extent of what many people know about artificial intelligence. Others have become experts by downloading apps that generate answers to questions using AI. This is an example of how a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. AI answers depend on the question. If you’re writing an essay for…