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The 10 year Treasury rate fell to 2.82% today, a 16-year low before closing at 2.83%. That means that 30-year mortgage rates will continue to drop, potentially moving under 4.50%.
Read →Apple today reported blow out earnings on the sale of more Macs, iPods, and Iphones. But is this sustainable? I don't think so.
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No Worries – Stephen Bannon is on the job
It is freightening, on its own, to have an unstable, malignant narcissist as President of the United States. But far more concerning is that he is really not calling the shots. Occasionally, Trump will talk from the heart about Arnold... Read →
The Case for Emerging Markets
Emerging Markets present a very viable and sustainable alternative to the United States for creating wealth in the long-term through investing. Here are some of my thoughts as to why this is the case and why every investor should consider investments abroad.
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In Hindsight Richard M. Nixon Was Not So Sick
I grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s and was raised to believe that Richard Nixon had been a very ill man who was deceptive, could not tell the truth, and was therefore forced to resign as President in 1974. I was in Romania... Read →
Tesla is S3XY
Elon Musk, it is said, wanted his first four models to spell SEXY. His first model S, his second E, his third X, and his next Y would have done the trick, save Ford owned the trademark for E. So the next best was to name the second 3... Read →Anything for Trump too?
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Dow 21,000, S&P 2400 and NASDAQ 6000: Seems Unsustainable
The stock market is at all time highs. It has run to extraordinary levels. Stock valuations, in the opinion of this author, are absolutely unsustainable. The S&P now trades over 18x 2018 consensus estimates. 18x future earnings... Read →
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Throwing Out the Smartest Guy in Government
We all have to get through these times – times when the entire government is without mooring, where the President lacks stability and sanity, and where political leaders on both sides appear to have surrendered responsibility and... Read →
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Is Bitcoin a Bubble?
Bitcoins today offer an individual the possibility of becoming very, very rich by risking it all (including borrowing huge sums from friends family and shysters). By so doing, one could -- possibly – join the ranks in a matter of... Read →
The American Museum of Natural History – Failed US Tax Policy
The American Museum of Natural History (AMHN) is causing a disaster on the Upper West Side, and could care less. It is a failed museum, albeit in a wonderful location on the West Side of New York. If one goes into the museum, they will... Read →
Gary Cohn: "Why Aren't The Other Hands Up?"
At a Wall Street Journal conference of CEOs earlier this week John Bussey asked, “If the tax reform bill goes through, do you plan to increase your company’s capital investment?” 1. Tax-overhaul backers say corporate... Read →
Secretary of His Treasury
Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and his new wife are simply Trumpians through and through. These two are playing a particularly visible role as champions of the rich and their way of life and giving a middle finger to all... Read →
