Trump

October 17, 2019

Cash Flow Is King

Let’s say the USA could convince each billionaire in the world to give every penny of their wealth to the US Treasury. How long do you think we could run the US Government based on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget? I had to do the math. According to Forbes’ 33rd Annual World’s Billionaires Issue, there are 2,153 billionaires in the world. In total, they have a combined worth of $8.7 trillion dollars(1). The US Federal Budget for 2020 is $4.74 trillion. (2) $8.7 trillion divided by $4.74 trillion translates that we could only run the United States for 22 months! […]
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October 10, 2019

Considering Cannabis

We’ve been watching the cannabis marketplace for quite some time. We’ve been reading articles, studying newsletters, and looking for investment opportunities. Many of you have asked why we aren’t in the space already. To be frank, we thought the evaluations were too sky high over the last year. However, there’s been an aggressive decline in global cannabis stocks during that time, as well*. This drop in stock price may be a great entry point, but the cannabis marketplace is full of a number of risks not faced by most stocks and ETFs we typically invest. Today, the federal government still […]
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April 11, 2018

Opening Outlook on Trump and 2017

Every Monday, we receive an email from Brian Wesbury and his Economics team at First Trust. This week’s was especially interesting and I thought you would enjoy reading this as you start your New Year. Here’s to a prosperous 2017 for you and your family! Watch the Spending Brian S. Wesbury, Chief Economist Robert Stein, Deputy Chief Economist Date: 1/3/2017 President-elect Trump wants a Race Horse Economy, not a continuation of the Plow Horse we’ve had for the past several years. Out of all of his proposals, the one that should help the economy the most is corporate tax reform, […]
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