Excessive Belt-Tightening Risks Choking U.S. Economy Context News
Image Source: Pexels The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, but President Donald Trump interprets the foundational document differently. His acting budget chief issued a two-page memo, citing “wokeness” and “Marxist equity” as if they were spending line-items, that freezes what the agency says is $3 trillion in federal grants and loans. Even if only temporary, […]
He’s Back: Investors Duck For Cover, Donning Trade War Helmets
Photo by Markus Winkler from Pexels MARKETSAsia kicks off what promises to be a wildly volatile trading day on Monday as markets absorb the full impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz on Mexico, Canada, and China. This wasn’t a shock—it’s been telegraphed for weeks—but investors will still feel the jolt as markets adjust to […]
Canada/U.S. Free Trade, R.I.P.
Image Source: Unsplash Trump has declared economic war on Canada, and has done so in a fashion that Canadians can no longer take the premise of “free trade” seriously. The tariffs have not yet come into effect, and there is an easy off ramp for the Canadian tariffs — the Canadian/U.S. border fentanyl trade is nearly […]
Smart Macro: Roaring Bull Market In Gold, Near-Term Caution On Stocks
Image source: Pixabay Did you know that gold is up and hitting new all-time highs against nearly every world currency? Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, delves into the causes of recent market volatility, from the tech…Running Length: 00:17:45More By This Author:Why DeepSeek Tanked U.S. Tech Stocks Big Picture: Investing In A Trump Economy […]
Tech Stocks At Critical Juncture
Image Source: Pixabay Welcome to the latest episode of your weekly market and economic recap, where the week’s biggest financial stories meet expert analysis. Hosted by Terri Kallsen, CFP® of Rise Growth Partners, alongside special guests Peter Boockvar (CIO of Bleakley Financial Group) and Andy Schwartz (Co-Founder & Principal of Bleakley Financial Group).Video Length: 00:28:52More By […]
XRP At Critical Juncture As Price Restests 21 EMA
↵Image by WorldSpectrum from Pixabay The XRP market experienced a downbeat end to January translating into a 7.05% loss over the past seven days. In regards to future price movements, popular analyst Egrag Crypto states the altcoin is currently at a key crossroads with an equal chance to move in either a positive or negative direction. XRP Set […]
Would Trump’s Plan To Replace Income Tax With Tariffs Work?
Image Source: Pexels Bob analyzes President Trump’s recent remarks praising the revenue capacity of tariffs. He shows that historically, tariffs only bought in a small fraction of what income taxes currently yield, meaning federal spending would have to be sharply cut in order to phase out the income tax.Video Length: 00:36:38More By This Author:Tariffs Will Not Make […]
Fed Ignores Data It Claims To Depend On
Image Source: Pexels Fed pauses rate cuts; market reactions, language tweaks on inflation, Trump’s demand for rate cut, and crypto discussion.Video Length: 00:55:45More By This Author:Markets Reject Fed Christmas Gift Gold Holds Above $2600 Dismantling The Dollar Brick By Brick
The Tariffs Will Unleash A Market Bloodbath
The tariff wars have officially arrived. And the markets don’t like it.Crypto currencies are perhaps the best liquidity/ risk on indicators in the financial system. And as I write this, they’re a sea of red.Bitcoin is down almost 7% peak to trough from Friday afternoon. Other smaller coins are down even more.And there is little […]
A Fed Calm Before A Market Storm? Inflation Floating Into Tariff Pressures Bond Vigilantes Calm for Now The Canadian Dollar In A Storm
I left the Federal Reserve’s latest decision on monetary policy with three simple observations besides the decide to pause the rate cut cycle: Inflation remains elevated (from the FOMC statement) The risks to achieving employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance (also from the FOMC statement) No one dissented to the decision Taken together, […]
