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Week in Review (April 19–25, 2025) The following Week in Review is provided for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice.Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TL;DR – Key Takeaways Markets Whipsawed by Trade Hopes: Global stocks rallied...
“‘America First’ means ‘America Alone.’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... America First policy is anchored in a zero-sum world where “might makes right” and America necessarily needs to go it alone, taking whatever it wants from other countries. It...
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Lonely Realist Week in Review. This week saw global markets whipsawed by escalating trade tensions and cautious central bank signals. A surge of new U.S. tariffs and retaliatory moves from trading partners dominated headlines, injecting uncertainty into business...
This Time is Different – A ReduxLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… As Mark Twain reputedly said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Is history repeating itself today? Or is it merely rhyming? Economists and historians make their livings based on
“Like a broken clock, permabears are right once every cycle.” – CassandraLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Last week’s TLR provided a compilation of permabear pretexts that led one reader to highlight an interview from Moneywise in which Mark Spitznagel, chief investment officer
Market Manipulation, Securities Fraud and Insider TradingLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Is there such a thing as a securities law Trifecta? The Chief Executive Officer of a publicly-traded company (X Corp) is having a rough time. Sales are down. Volume is down.
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