Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSwamp 2, People 0 – Ep. 310
Everybody Joins the Party
All 3 of the major U.S stock indexes closed out the week at new record highs as it became apparent that the new tax cut dea…
8 years, 6 months ago
Yellen Proclaims It’s Different This Time – Ep. 309
Expected Rate Hike
Today the Federal Reserve did exactly what everybody expected them to do, they once again raised interest rates by just one quarte…
8 years, 7 months ago
CNBC Becomes Crypto News BitCoin – Ep. 308
Bitcoin Week
I'm going to devote today's podcast to bitcoin; I might as well just talk about bitcoin because that's all anybody else is talking about…
8 years, 7 months ago
Trump Continues What He Once Called the Biggest Hoax in American Politics – Ep. 307
A Nonfarm Payroll Beat
Today the labor department released the November jobs report - Nonfarm Payroll - of course Wall Street always highly anticip…
8 years, 7 months ago
Another Trump Flip Flop – Ep. 306
Trade Deficit Moving Higher as Economy Slows Down
Yesterday we got the release of the October monthly Trade Deficit and we got a trade deficit of $48…
8 years, 7 months ago
Senate Passes Its Version of Fake Tax Reform – Ep. 305
Market Rallies on News of Passing Tax Cuts Act
Late Friday night, or I guess early Saturday morning, the Senate passed its version of the Tax Cuts an…
8 years, 7 months ago
No Such Thing as a Permanent Tax Cut-Ep. 304
Buy the Rumor Sell the Fact
One of the things that could de-rail Wall Street enthusiasm is if Republicans are not able to deliver on the promised tax…
8 years, 7 months ago
Frankenfed Finally Fears Its Own Monster – Ep. 303
Fed Fears Inflation Is Not High Enough
Fed statements drove the markets today; particularly the foreign exchange markets and the precious metals mark…
8 years, 7 months ago
Financial Conditions Easiest Since 1994 – Ep. 302
Financial Conditions Are Loosest Since 1994
I was reading an article today that the Chicago Fed released their National Financial Conditions Index (N…
8 years, 7 months ago
Lies Republicans Tell to Sell Tax Cuts – Ep. 301
Faltering Expectations
The U.S. dollar and the stock market continued to be a little bit under pressure this week as anxieties are rising over the fa…
8 years, 7 months ago