“The Iran War has strengthened the Islamic Republic…, or has it?” – The Lonely Realist President Trump announced on May 23rd that a “PEACE Agreement” with Iran “has been largely negotiated” and that the details would be “announced shortly.” It hasn’t happened (yet?). Although the President...
“Buy the dips?” – The Lonely Realist Did you sell the rally at the stock market's recent high on May 14? Are you going to follow the adage of “selling in May and going away”? Or are you instead a long-term stock market investor who sees...
"Who will history declare to have been the winner of the Iran War, and who the loser?” – The Lonely Realist TLR has excerpted the following from Sunday's Rosen Report, the author of which is Eric Rosen (TLR recommends the Report, which can be found at...
“Should America wage a ‘War on Unaffordability’ as the 21st Century successor to the 20th Century’s ‘War on Poverty’?” – The Lonely Realist Is there really an “affordability crisis”? If so, when might such a “crisis” become “critical”? It was a little more than 60 years ago...
“The Iran War is igniting an inflationary bonfire.” – The Lonely Realist TLR yesterday had the opportunity to discuss economics with Cassandra, the mythical Trojan priestess gifted by the Greek God Apollo with the ability to make accurate prophesies but burdened with the curse that her prophesies...
“Highs and lows of April 2026...