War, Oil, Inflation Connections
Let's see if we can make some conections between war, oil, and inflation. After all, war and oil have dominated the news these past weeks. As for inflation, well, we've talked about this insidious freak that continues to wreck the purchasing power of the dollars we earn from our diligent work throughout our lives. While inflation never leaves us, we hope that - at least for the present - war with Iran will cease. After all, hasn't the Big Orange Guy said it would and soon? Oh, right, he said that, but then he seems to contradict himself, sometimes in the same breath. (What's new?) And oil, ah, oil. It's not just the gas for our cars, but it's in so much of the stuff we make. So when it's price jumps, market quake, and the media gets in a tizzy. But...it seems it's going to come back from its journey to the stars and settle down, assuming the war begins to settle as well. Then again, its settling now seems to be reversing course, just as the words that th...