Unlike many, I don’t have a taste for politics. Frankly, I distrust all politicians, regardless of party, and my skepticism extends to every piece of rhetoric I hear. This approach isn’t cynicism — it’s pragmatism — and it has served me well in growing my portfolio. I mention this upfront because in this article, I’m going to constructively critique policies that hinder excellence and wealth creation.
If you were genuinely interested in outperforming, my very first assignment to you would be to look back over the past year and show me what is outperforming. This simple and practical method can be applied to any sector, currency, commodity or crypto. The foundation of trading wisdom is knowing what is STRONG and what is WEAK.
Rank Day is driven by major index providers like S&P Dow Jones Indices, MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International), Nasdaq, and FTSE Russell. These providers set the rules for each index’s composition, defining which stocks qualify for inclusion and under what circumstances.
In a scathing chat with Aargauer Zeitung, a Swiss-German daily newspaper Keller-Sutter served some hard truths, "It cannot be that taxpayers are the cleanup crew for the mess made by banks and their overpaid managers. No one in this country understands this anymore — the goodwill account is officially overdrawn." And there you have it, a call for banks to clean up their own mess.
Understanding the ebbs and flows of the business cycle is crucial for traders aiming to optimize their investment/trading strategies. Each phase of the cycle—marked by shifts in economic growth and inflation which presents unique opportunities and challenges that can significantly affect the performance of different asset classes. In this article, we’ll delve into the dynamics of the business cycle, mapped on a coordinate system where growth and inflation form the x-axis and y-axis, respectively.
this election becomes one of those seminal points where all of a sudden, uh, let me really think whether this proposition that the U.S. government is making me is something that I actually want to participate in." - Paul Tudor Jones CNBC interview 10/22/2024
Our leaders continue to champion a narrative of economic strength and resilience, citing robust employment figures, growing GDP, and lower interest rates as indicators of prosperity. However, despite these optimistic proclamations, the reality on the ground often paints a different picture, making it hard to reconcile this supposed strength with the economic challenges many people face daily.
"I can end the deficit in five minutes. Yeah, you just pass a law that says anytime there's a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. Now you've got the incentives in the right place, right?"
How do you define strong? Since when does the Fed cut interest rates in a strong economy?
If you had invested $1,000 with Warren Buffett in 1970, your investment would have grown dramatically due to Berkshire Hathaway’s compounding returns. Since Berkshire has delivered an average annual return of about 20% over more than five decades, your $1,000 investment would likely be worth over $10 million today.s.