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We’ll Pay You to Take Our Money
August 31, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing
What if the Federal Reserve tried to give away money … and nobody wanted it?
That’s exactly what’s happening.
Last week, the stock market behaved as it always does in the run-up to a big Fed announcement.
Stocks traded sideways all week. Then on Friday, when Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank wasn’t going to be changing anything soon, everyone started buying again.
This is a familiar routine. It’s based on the assumption that the Fed has the power to raise or lower interest rates by buying bonds out of the market in exchange for cash injections.
But what if that assumption is wrong? Satellite Scuffles, Kuiper Kool-Aid & Desktop Metal Militia
August 26, 2021 Great Stuff
Billionaire Boss Fight It’s that time again, Great Ones! Today’s the day we stick our grubby little hands into the Great Stuff mailbag and munch on your delicious Reader Feedback. A sweet little investing question here, some savory market meme-ry over there, and we have ourselves a hot, fresh helping of greatness … or something […] Cassava’s Quality Quagmire, Warby’s Weeble Wobbles & Pitching An Urban Outfit
August 25, 2021 Great Stuff
The Not-So-Perfect Drug? One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small. And the ones that Cassava Sciences (Nasdaq: ) gives you might not do anything at all… Or so a “statement of concern” from Jordan Thomas says. Thomas is a partner and chair of Labaton Sucharow, a whistleblower legal practice that specializes […] The SEC Won’t Let Me Be, Shopify Stupefies & Intel’s Government Pension
August 24, 2021 Great Stuff
What A Tangled Web We Weave… Great Ones, today we’re talking about billionaire investor Mark Cuban and his spat with the SEC. But first … did y’all see the new Spider-Man: No Way Home teaser trailer? Spoiler alert! I’ve watched this trailer way too many times, which directly shows (or hints at) the following appearances: […] What This Former Pentagon Insider Thinks About Afghanistan
August 24, 2021 True Options Masters
This part of my life doesn't come up much. But with all that's been happening in Afghanistan, I've been doing some thinking on the subject.