Trump and the Canada Tariffs US President Trump has expressed his enthusiasm for the use of large tariffs in international relations to correct trade imbalances. He believes they’re a marvelous tool to improve his country’s negotiating position and bolster the US economy. Currently, it’s rumored the Trump team is considering a gradual imposition of 2%…
The FED vs US Business Sometimes when politicians lack imagination, expertise and confidence, they’ll look to inferior policies to solve vexing economic problems. Or they may have ulterior motives — political. As we know from the size of the national debt, debt interest payments, and trade deficits, US politicians make really poor choices. Overspending is…
Republicans Sweep the US Elections While Democrat polling companies predicted Kamala Harris was the favorite and would win last night’s Presidential election, Americans turned up in force to reject her and her party. Donald K Trump won the US Presidential Election in what could be termed a landslide, as the Republicans swept the House and…
Will the Trump Trade Turn the US Around? The big topic right now in investor circles isn’t just the low inflation report and an expected rate cut in September. It’s also the discussion of what Donald Trump will do if he wins the Nov 8 election. The issue has been tagged the “Trump trade” which…
The 2025 Economic Recovery A massive change in politics is happening in Europe and North America and it’s likely to end the damaging economic policies of far left anti-business factions. In the US, Joe Biden’s small minded policies have crushed the dreams of most small businesses. They’ve suffered a never ending nightmare of taxes, inflation,…
China Economic Predictions It’s a challenge to describe the Chinese economy given it is a capitalist market built on top of a communist system. The country is now at a cross roads and must decide whether it can handle a free, open relationship with the rest of the world. Today’s topic is China’s effect on…
Now is The Right Time to Repatriate Jobs to the US Jobs are always vitally important to a country, an economy and the well being of its people, and even more so during this pandemic recession. Creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs could help the US endure the China Virus’ devastation and get back…
Small Business Need their Own Trillion Dollar Stimulus A recent video by Jim Cramer says a lot about the economy and stock investment. What we’re gauging everyday is primarily big corporation earnings and outlooks. This is blue chips and large caps of all kinds, but mostly the top 30 to 100 companies in capitalization and sales…
Social Media Giants in Danger through Foolish Censorship? Is freedom of speech a good idea? Who decides what’s accurate and truthful? What happens when BIG TECH gets too big for their britches? People are questioning these sorts of matters now in the face of politicized media, high unemployment, homelessness, and small business failure. Is what’s…
China Housing Bubble About to Collapse? American’s are enjoying good economic times again and although the road to health and prosperity will have some bumps, the motion is set. The United States is the envy of the world again. On January 1st, 2019 (25% tariff), imports to the US didn’t drop much but the IRS…
Jim Cramer of Mad Money Jim Cramer is arguably the most interesting character in the world of investing. There’s plenty of reasons for writing about him and for you to know how he started in the world of investing and the stock market. You’re likely interested in what he’s saying about the stock market, which…