Israel is on fire. The unprovoked attacks killed nearly a thousand innocent Israelis, with gunmen taking hostages. Their goal is unclear… but our views shouldn’t be. This was targeted murder, plain and simple. Yet, instead of universal condemnation, the events shed light on the underbelly of antisemitism and the moral cavity buried deep within our […]
Imagine not paying taxes by April 20th for the last 15 years. The government would be all over you like a fat kid on cake. Yet, Congress is exempt from the deadlines that constrain us regular citizens. All regular appropriations bills have been combined into after-deadline package omnibus deals in all but two fiscal years […]
Have you noticed your retirement account bleeding money lately? Sure, the market is down… but something seems off. It feels like you’re losing money faster than the market is dropping. Guess what? You’re not just imagining things. Many Americans invested in typically “safe” plays are seeing their accounts do FAR WORSE than the stock market. […]
Guess how much graphite the United States mines in any given year? Unless you said zero, you were too high. The last graphite mine closed its doors in Montana back in 1990. Who cares, right? It’s not like we are running out of pencils. But you know who should care? Joe Biden. And he should […]
What comes to mind when you hear the word “investor”? You might envision Warren Buffett, or perhaps a Wall Street analyst, working late into the night to dissect a company’s financials. What about when you read the word “trader”? Most picture someone stressed out, staring at charts all day, shoving a lot of money on […]
Markets hate uncertainty. So, why did they face-plant on one of the most well-telegraphed non-interest-rate-related changes in Fed history? Everyone knew the Fed wouldn’t change rates THIS month. However, we didn’t know what it would do at the next meeting, or any future meetings. And the subtle changes to what the Fed said completely changed […]