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December 23, 2021

Investing in 2022: Trends to Watch

Today is a fascinating time for investors. Covid and the omicron variant are continuing to wreak havoc on public health, the labor market, the supply chain, and beyond. The world is driving toward cleaner energy. Big technology is bigger than ever. Inflation and rising prices are going strong. In this article, we’ll cover what we consider to be the top three trends to watch as we enter 2022 and our second calendar year of the pandemic.   Big Tech & Cryptocurrency According to CNBC in April 2021, investors put more money into stocks in the preceding five months than in […]
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December 21, 2021

The Cobra Effect and Inflation

The Cobra Effect is an unintended consequence where unintended behavior is ignored, making a problem worse than it originally was. When Delhi India was under British rule in the late 1800s, Delhi was infested with Cobras. As a result, the British incentivized farmers and locals to kill cobras by paying them a bounty when they brought a dead cobra to them. This effort worked in the short-run, reducing the population of cobras in the area, but eventually it became hard to find cobras at all. Despite this, the people still wanted to make money from the bounty, and since there […]
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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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