Author Archives: Danielle Park

After denying it for months, Goldman Sachs alumnus cum Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is finally admitting that their proposed tax reform will give tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and–horror of horrors, threat of all threats–“a failure to pass such … Continue reading →

As the stock market parties like it’s early 2000, a historically reliable indicator of economic weakness, the yield curve, continues to raise alarm in North America.  The spread between 2 and 10 -year US Treasury yields reached a new cycle … Continue reading →

We watched the recently released film Tulip Fever last night.  The main plot focuses on two pretty sexy love stories, but the more interesting backdrop is the speculative mania that swept Holland in the 1600’s known as Tulip Mania.  Here … Continue reading →