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Sounds like somebody didn't do their due diligence before diving into war. Did Vietnam start this way? Was going to be over in days or weeks.
Better yet, this admin went and shot themselves (and us) in the foot....
Kash Patel gutted FBI counter…
Pam Bondi's DOW is down under 46.7K. We were all supposed to be talking about it at 50K. What is the next stop on this market train?
Oil near $100/barrel seems to be a worse fate than tariffs, for which US consumers ended up getting dinged. …
@gman57 - When the Hague trials eventually start, I think that both FoxNews' mgmt and staff should be included by the ICC. Many unpunished crimes being committed there.
Ok, ok, I'm just dreaming. Such sweet justice is far out of reach.
Drea…
"'Trump may be learning the oldest lesson of human conflicts: It is much easier to start a war than to end one,' said Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at International Crisis Group. '
He never actually learns a darn thing - he just blames others…
Divide and conquer is a core feature of the (aspiring) autocratic administration.
It's easier to try to bully a fragmented society than a united front that can more readily oppose him.
Much propaganda and channeling of hateful emotion has gone int…
This admin telling us lies about # of casualties? Shocking.
Donnie's next TACO lunch may not stay down. Or it might end up in his diaper and we would all have to smell the stink.
Don't think Iran can reach our shores from a military standpo…
Donnie boy is getting GOP pressure to end this ASAP. I don't know if he will get to release troops on the ground. My guess is that he will be forced to pull one of his famous TACO moves.
The real question is whether he really gets to "end" th…
Is this Biden's fault?
This is the basis for the GOP campaign slogan. It's what they run on. Poor ole Joe Biden is the root cause of all the world's ills. FoxNews says so each and every day.
And we are the captive audience.
Read an article about this, and it rang true. His approach is similar to as if he was running a crappy TV reality show instead of a country.
I didn't think the TACO trade could save him this time. But somehow, just him spouting that the war will be over soon somehow soothes markets. It's like a weird alt-universe comedy.
Something is not right here.
If I was into conspiracy theorie…
The economy was back on track after covid, and trump brought it to its knees with import taxes and foreign interventions.
We are stuck with a feeble old narcissist at the helm. Ironic that MAGA slammed Joe for being too old, yet now we have a wo…
Importantly, Putin was "very impressed" and that appears to be very important to trump.
Very, very important that an authoritarian leader thinks the world of him.
Sounds like a Russian asset to me. Meanwhile, he is making BILLIONS illegally an…
This is all for distraction. We are not talking about the Epstein files. That is why he is creating chaos.
Yes, Cuba is small scale and it's just the next distraction. More chaos. "Look over here, boy....over here." Gotta keep em lined u…
Mr. Cinnamond has maintained a high cash (close to 50%) cash balance in this fund, thus the lower volatility. This has frustrated a few investors who do not like the idea of paying 1.26% Management fee to have their cash sit idle.
So it can be us…
Why does this market respond in knee-jerk fashion to the words of a career liar and wannabe dictator?
I've heard of jawboning, but at some point it's more like rope-a-dope.
We open down ~2% and likely closing in the green - and yet nothing changes on the geopolitical front.
BTD, maybe. But regardless, American markets are insane these days. Either that or someone's putting some serious amounts of cash to work propp…
If I was a Russian asset I would start a war in the middle east to stop the flow of oil. Then I would ease or eliminate sanctions on Russian oil so they could sell as much as they want claiming it's to protect the USA consumer. Just sayin... pay a…
The entire stock market and GDP and jobs were down considerably YOY from "Biden's economy". Now it is getting much worse, as expected.
So. Much. Winning. Just as he predicted!
As he's repeatedly said, people are telling him "please sir, make it…
IALT was up + .70% iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF.
ALLW +.67% Bridgewater All Weather ETF
LEOOX - was flat, just like its neutral buddy, MMNIX. Miller Market Neutral is a fund that I cannot seem to access, and LEOOX performs qu…
Is there any good economic news? I may have missed it.
Well now that depends on which provider you choose for your daily finance news. Certain "reputable" news outlets will tell you that all is just swell and dandy in the U.S.
David Snowball quoted the following from Leuthold as regards investing during the start of a new major conflict:
Respect the initial shock, acknowledge the widening cone of uncertainty, and remember that survival, not bravado, is what allows invest…
Any Trump hire will be a Maga drone - loyal to the leader, corrupt and totally unqualified.
So will Markwayne be another fail? You betcha. Trump only hires the worst. This is by design.
Amazing that it took an unnecessary war to prick the market bubble just a little bit. We have had a long bull run. Agree that its risk off for now.
Been selling a bit of everything to increase Cash.
Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war
https://apnews.com/article/trump-spain-iran-trade-defense-nato-spending-43e0f13e7b1c7e6ebcc4b558474aacdc
It's as if a cranky 7 year old child was run…
