“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain Although Mark Twain was right that history seldom repeats itself, he was also correct in saying that history often rhymes. For example, it’s easy today to see the many parallels between recent events and those...
“Never bet against a stock index.” – The Lonely Realist America’s stock markets have been on a tear for the past 15 years. The S&P 500 index, down below 700 in March 2009, now is cresting 5,300, having increased more than 7.5x. Can it continue rising...
“Regulatory whipsawing is undermining American business.” – The Lonely Realist Consistency in policy and law-making provides the optimal foundation for strong economic growth. Uncertain government policy inhibits economic planning and therefore is business’s bane. Alternating political party Presidencies over the past 32 years provide a demonstrably...
“What others now are saying is what TLR warned about years ago.” – The Lonely Realist In a recent opinion piece in Bloomberg, noted historian Niall Ferguson emphasized longstanding TLR themes, one of which is “the formation and consolidation of an Axis.” TLR readers witnessed the...
“Entitlement spending and tax cuts have fueled unaffordable deficits. To fund those deficits, America will have to reduce entitlements and increase taxes. Sorry!” – The Lonely Realist America for decades has been spending more than it earns, far more …, a subject much-discussed in prior TLRs....
TLR earlier this week engaged in the following Q&A: Q: I understand, Mr. Realist, that you recently repeated that “Iran and Israel have been dancing with war for decades.” Could you explain what you meant? REALIST: Since the rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979,...