“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will Rogers The American government is running a $2 trillion annual deficit. Perfunctory efforts at budget cutting, whether by DOGE or the President or Congress or through Federal...
Consistent with two of TLR’s themes over the past 7 years, beginning with April 2019’s “Red Storm Rising” and June 2019’s “What is Money” and including the recent “What ‘America First’ Means to Allies and Enemies” and “Will the Dollar Surrender its Reserve Currency Crown?,”...
“Because Strategy, Inc. is a significant investor in Bitcoin, Bitcoin's price is being adversely affected by Strategy, Inc.'s price.” – The Lonely Realist TLR wrote in December 2021 about “Bitcon,” using a label intended to highlight what at the time was widespread Bitcoin skepticism. Were Bitcoin's...
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“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...