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Back to SearchThe Swamp Wins on Taxes and the Fed – Ep. 297
No Change in the Fed Swamp
The announcement of the new Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, represents a commitment to the status quo at the Fed. President Tru…
8 years, 4 months ago
Tax Reform Trial Balloons Keep Popping – Ep. 296
Trial Balloon #1: Backpedaling on State and Local Tax Deductions
All this talk about tax cuts is all a fraud, because government is getting more expe…
8 years, 4 months ago
Republicans Won’t Even Consider Cutting Spending to Pay for Tax Cuts – Ep. 295
We're getting a tax cut!
There is one thing now that that has the potential to cause a short-term decline of more than 3% in the stock market, and th…
8 years, 5 months ago
30-Year Anniversary of the 1987 Stock Market Crash – Ep. 294
Black Monday 1987
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash. It's hard to believe that it's been 30 years. I still remember w…
8 years, 5 months ago
U.S. Inflation Is Bullish for Gold and Bearish for the Dollar – Ep. 293
Inflation Higher Than Expected
Today we got the hotter than expected news on prices - on inflation. We got the import/export prices. Import prices …
8 years, 5 months ago
Record Confidence in U.S. Stocks Means Trouble Ahead – Ep. 292
Optimism Rules the Day
Friday the 13th was not an unlucky day for the U.S. stock market; all three of the major stock market averages closing at all …
8 years, 5 months ago
Middle Class Tax Hikes Put Trump Tax Cuts in Jeopardy – Ep. 291
Congress May Not Deliver Promised Economic Growth
I think part of the renewed weakness in the dollar may be due to the feeling that all the tax cuts …
8 years, 5 months ago
Government Costs More When Paid for with Borrowed Money – Ep. 290
Government Is Not Measured by What It Taxes, It Is Measured by What It Spends
Democrats promise free stuff; Republicans promise free tax cuts. What'…
8 years, 5 months ago
More Gun Laws Will Not Prevent Mass Killings – Ep. 289
Gun Laws Do Not Prevent Crime
The answer to preventing mass killings is not more gun control; Stephen Paddock would have been able to get those guns …
8 years, 5 months ago
Stock Indexes End Q3 at Record Highs – Ep. 288
Record Highs in the Markets
This is the last day of the third quarter; S&P 500 and NASDAQ ended at record highs. I am not sure what made the Dow mis…
8 years, 5 months ago