The Worse Things Get, the Less Investors Notice – Ep. 337
Retail Sales Down Three Months in a Row I've got so much to talk about today, it's hard to even figure out where to begin. So I'll start with some of the economic data that came out today, in particu...
15 Mars 201840min
Tariffs Are Not Good for Workers
NASDAQ New High The stock market had one of its best days of the year; I think it was the second best day. The Dow was up 440 points - just under 1.8%. The NASDAQ was up 132 points; about the exact ...
10 Mars 201832min
All Government Economists Should Be Fired – Ep. 335
Continued Stock Market Volatility The U.S. stock market continues to be extremely volatile, and as I have said many times on this podcast, I think this volatility following a long-term record lack of ...
8 Mars 201832min
America Can’t Win a Trade War – Ep. 334
Trade, Comparative Advantage and Protectionism I want to devote this entire podcast on the subject of trade and comparative advantage and protectionism, and this trade war that President Trump is so c...
4 Mars 201847min
Powell Optimism Belies Data – Ep. 333
Second Consecutive 300-Point Drop in the Dow The Dow Jones was down 380 points today, in fact this is the second consecutive 300-point drop we've had in the Dow. The Dow is now down about 4% for the m...
1 Mars 201836min
So Much Debt, so Little Concern – Ep. 332
Remembering Irwin Schiff Today would have been my father, Irwin Schiff's 90th birthday. If you're not familiar with my father's story, and I'm sure most of the people who listen to this podcast are fa...
24 Feb 201828min
Trump Is No Reagan & Powell Is No Volcker – Ep. 331
Dow Down Over 250 Points Today the Dow Jones was down just over 250 points; we're back below 25,000. I think we were down better than 300 on the lows of the day, but we went out pretty low. The dolla...
21 Feb 201829min
Is the Powell Put in Play? Ep. 330
St. Valentine's Day Rout I wouldn't really call what happened in the bond market and the U.S. dollar market as a St. Valentine's Day massacre, maybe it was a slaughter; even slaughter was too harsh a ...
15 Feb 201840min
