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How Wall Street Really Works (2022 Edition)
June 29, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Trading Strategies, U.S. Economy
Human beings are NOT machines. We’re driven by natural instincts that can send asset prices swinging like a pendulum. Fear and greed, fight or flight … these basic emotions are the primary cause behind the market’s violent up-and-down moves. Shifting from one emotion to the other can radically alter the market’s course, which is why we’ve seen growth stocks plunge so far so fast in 2022. It’s enough to make me wonder whether my college years may have been better served studying psychology! Today I’m going to show you the pendulum on full display and what you can do to cash in on the market’s volatile emotional swings. The Fed’s $8,000/Year “Mortgage Tax”
June 28, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investment Opportunities, News, U.S. Economy
Inflation is caused by a mismatch between supply and demand. The Federal Reserve can’t increase the supply of goods and services. So, to control prices it must engineer “demand destruction.” That’s as nasty as it sounds. I’ve already explained how the Fed uses the “wealth effect” to make households with lots of stocks cut spending … and why that strategy won’t work with U.S. wealth concentrated in so few hands. I also explored how big changes in the U.S. and global economy since the 1970s will force the Fed to raise interest rates A LOT to bring inflation down. Today, we’re going to look at the impact of their demand destruction on U.S. households. Upgrading the “Invest Like Buffett” Plan
June 28, 2022 Investing, Technical Tuesday, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters
Mike Carr doesn't have the patience to hold stocks for 50 years like Warren Buffett. And thanks to this strategy, he doesn't have to... Frontier’s In Good Spirits; Juul Smokes The FDA; Life’s A Carnival Cruise
June 27, 2022 Great Stuff
Spirits Having Flown I never fell in love so easily. Where the four winds blow, Wall Street carries on. I’d like to take you where my Spirit flies. Through the empty skies, we invest alone… Hmmm. Don’t tell me — I got this. Bee Gees, right? Is it “Spirits Having Flown” … from the (criminally […] Friday Feedback Chex Out, Delivery From Above, Great Stuff’s On A Boat
June 24, 2022 Great Stuff
Honey Nut Great Stuff-Os Great Ones … you made it! Fun, fun Friday is back again — and with it, a whole week’s worth of Friday Feedback greatness, courtesy of you and your fellow readers. If you don’t see your email listed below, it might be because you … you know … didn’t write in. […]