Discover how economists' assumptions shape economic models, affecting predictions about consumer behavior, resource ...

The May WASDE report is the first look at the new crop balance sheets. As old crop demand continues to be an area of concern, much of the trade was watching to see how aggressive USDA would be with ...

Just because something seems unethical, immoral, unnecessary, wasteful or just plain wrong, doesn’t mean it is illegal or against the rules. Further, just because a person disagrees with something — ...

We all know that prices aren’t coming down. They are just going up slower. With the worst four years of inflation since the 1970s inflation has averaged more than 5% per year during the Biden ...

Retirement is a big question mark for most people. Even with planning, there will be some gray areas and opportunities for making assumptions about what to expect or how far your money will go. One of ...

In trading and investing, as in life in so many ways, assumptions are dangerous things. To some extent, trading and active investing always involve them. You buy or sell something because you believe ...

Over the past year, it seemed plausible that we had turned the corner, and I optimistically assumed that the pandemic was making its final curtain call. Then came the COVID Omicron BA.1 variant, ...

Many theories and tools abound to aid leaders in decision-making. This is because we often find ourselves caught between two perceived poles: following gut instincts or adopting a data-driven approach ...