Earlier this morning we got the first look at Q4 GDP As I suggested on the last podcast, in fact as I have been saying all along We did see a sharp decline from the Q3 3.5% GDP The consensus was for a 2.2% estimate for growth in Q4 And we came in at 1.9% […]
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America Will Lose Any Trade War – Ep. 224 Read More »
This is my first day back in Puerto Rico I spent the last several days in Vancouver, BC at the Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference It was very well attended; twice the number of people I think it’s a good sign that we’re starting to see some interest now Remember it was exactly a year
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Dow 20,000: Milestone or Bubble? – Ep. 223 Read More »
Short and not-so-sweet. Maybe that’s how you would describe President Trump’s inaugural speech Which, I think was the briefest since Jimmy Carter But now, Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of these United States I did in general like his speech; I agree with much of what Donald Trump had to say Talking about
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Will Trump Change the Game Or The Players? – Ep. 222 Read More »
By: Peter Schiff, President and CEO Euro Pacific Capital There is much we don’t know about how the Trump presidency will play out. Will the Wall get built? Who will pay for it? Will it have at least some fencing? Will repeal and replace happen at exactly the same time? Will Trump throw a ceremonial
Trump Deficits Will Be Huge Read More »
As I said on a prior podcast, this could be the first Presidential Honeymoon to end before the marriage officially begins Donald Trump will not be sworn in until Friday Yet the Honeymoon already appears to be over for the Trump Trade The dollar continues to decline again today; gold continues to rise Confounding the
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Trump Honeymoon Ends Before Marriage Begins – Ep. 221 Read More »
It’s Friday the 13th and it is a Friday before a 3-day holiday weekend Monday, of course is Martin Luther King Day The stock market will be closed in observance of the holiday Once again, I guess Friday the 13th was bad luck for those hoping for Dow 20,000 In fact, the Dow finished the
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Government Can’t Do Anything Right – Ep. 220 Read More »
The NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism in the month of December, so this is post the election of Donald Trump Shot up from 98.4 in November to 105.8 This is the highest level in 12 years – since before Obama was President And it’s the biggest monthly jump in 37 years You have to
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Will Trump Follow Obama In His Failure To Deliver? – Ep. 219 Read More »
Yesterday we got the final jobs report of the Obama era, We got the December Non-Farm Payroll. Now technically, when we get the January number, the first Friday of February, Half of that would have been during the Obama presidency, But because we won’t get the official news until the Trump presidency, I’m sure that
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Obama Hands Trump Huge Bubble – Ep. 218 Read More »
This is another big week for economic data; it is a holiday-shortened week On Friday we get the big Non-Farm Payroll report If it’s a good number, somehow Donald Trump will try to take credit for it, as he has for the rise in the stock market But I think that the job numbers, while
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Bitcoin Again Approaches Parity with Gold – Ep. 217 Read More »
