Perspectives

Four brothers busted out of the Graham jail on Jan. 14, 1889, and foolishly hightailed it for home. Recaptured the next morning over breakfast, they were back behind bars by noon.

Do people today really have shorter attention spans?

An institution few people think about but is the second most powerful in the world right next to the White House, is the United States Federal Reserve Bank. It has the power to regulate the amount of money, that is dollar dominated, that circulates around the world. Right now, it is creating money like a fire hydrant on full blast and inflation is heating up with unlimited money chasing limited choices for its use. The primary result is rapidly rising asset prices such as real estate and the stock market. This is wonderful for people, primarily those fairly well off, who already owned those type investments.