Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSenate Plan Makes ObamaCare Worse – Ep. 261
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Let the SS ObamaCare Ship Sink
The Republicans in the Senate finally unveiled their version of ObamaCare Repeal & Replace. It's very heavy …
9 years ago
All Tax Cuts Are Temporary – Ep. 260
Summary: Every tax cut is temporary. Ryan's premise that we can't get the stimulus we need without a permanent tax cut is complete nonsense. Congres…
9 years ago
Government, Not Amazon Putting Cashiers Out of Work – Ep. 259
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Amazon Buys Whole Foods
The Dow was up today; mainly on the surprise announcement that Amazon, the king of on-line retailing, is buying Whol…
9 years ago
Hawkish Hike May Backfire on Fed – Ep. 258
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Quantitative Tightening Ahead:
The Federal Reserve came out with a surprisingly hawkish rate hike today, announcing plans to shrink the bala…
9 years, 1 month ago
Statehood Would Be a Step Down for Puerto Rico – Ep. 257
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In Puerto Rico's recently held non-binding referendum on statehood, just 23% of the eligible voters who actually voted overwhelmingly chose…
9 years, 1 month ago
Volatility Rises as Fed Readies Another Rate Hike Ep. 256
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Friday's Tech Wreck continued today, some stocks making key technical reversals. The crypto currencies, also experienced volatility as Bitco…
9 years, 1 month ago
Political Theater Trumps Economic Data – Ep. 255
Summary: As an unexpected pro-labor vote in the U.K. weakened the pound and strengthened the dollar, the market reacted more to political news, abro…
9 years, 1 month ago
Will Gold’s Breakout be the Pin that Pricks the Crypto Bubble? Ep. 254
Summary: Gold and gold stocks are moving to new highs as the dollar index continues its slide. Although some connect this move to market jitters over…
9 years, 1 month ago
Weak Data Further Undermines Fed’s Credibility – Ep. 253
Summary: Today's big miss in the Nonfarm Payroll report indicates further proof for the Fed that the Q1 weak economic data was not transitory. Coup…
9 years, 1 month ago
Does Weak Box Office Reflect Weak Economy? – Ep. 252
Summary: Box office revenues for this holiday weekend were the weakest since 1999. Why is that? Some say the movies were not very good, but I think …
9 years, 1 month ago