Middle Class Tax Hikes Put Trump Tax Cuts in Jeopardy – Ep. 291
Congress May Not Deliver Promised Economic Growth I think part of the renewed weakness in the dollar may be due to the feeling that all the tax cuts are not going to pass. The Trump/Republican plan o...
11 Okt 201732min
Government Costs More When Paid for with Borrowed Money – Ep. 290
Government Is Not Measured by What It Taxes, It Is Measured by What It Spends Democrats promise free stuff; Republicans promise free tax cuts. What's a free tax cut? That's a tax cut that happens ev...
7 Okt 201737min
More Gun Laws Will Not Prevent Mass Killings – Ep. 289
Gun Laws Do Not Prevent Crime The answer to preventing mass killings is not more gun control; Stephen Paddock would have been able to get those guns regardless of whether or not owning them was illega...
3 Okt 201736min
Stock Indexes End Q3 at Record Highs – Ep. 288
Record Highs in the Markets This is the last day of the third quarter; S&P 500 and NASDAQ ended at record highs. I am not sure what made the Dow miss an all-time record - it was close but no cigar. ...
30 Sep 201737min
Pros and Cons of the Trump Tax Plan – Ep. 287
Estate Tax is Out Today President Trump announced some of the details of his highly-anticipated tax reform, which is really not tax reform, it's more of a tax cut masquerading as a reform. I would say...
28 Sep 201734min
Did Yellen Push the Envelope Too Far? – Ep. 286
Yellen Putting On an Optimistic Front Everybody is watching Janet Yellen this week; the Federal Reserve met and did not raise interest rates - no one expected them to raise interest rates. But Yellen...
22 Sep 201736min
Fed Minutes More Show Than Substance – Ep. 285
Market Anticipates Quantitative Tightening The market continues to rise; people are excited about the Fed meeting that start tomorrow and concludes on Wednesday. Nobody expects a rate hike and there'...
18 Sep 201738min
Tax Deal With Dems Won’t Stimulate Growth – Ep. 284
President Trump Courts Dems on Tax Reform I think the catalyst for the rise in the stock market today is enthusiasm over President Trump's announcement that he is working with the Democrats and is clo...
15 Sep 201742min
