The hinge points of history

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to

Seniors in the U.S. and across Western developed nations are reaping a social security bonanza funded by younger workers and mountains of debt the old will never have to pay off

The US government has shut down again. But even as the shutdown approached, stocks rose. How could they go up while the single biggest player in the whole economy withdraws? Because maybe it doesn’t m

Would you buy a 40-year bond from Oracle? No, neither would I. If, as Lenin said, there are weeks when decades happen, then anything could change in 40 years. In 1985, IBM and General Electric were tw