The newsletter
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Issues 86 through 97 of 167.
💰 5 Fact Friday: Don’t Fall For The Stagflation Scare
If there’s one word that sends shivers down economists' spines, it’s stagflation—a nightmarish combo of stagnant growth and high inflation. And this week, that fear came roaring back.
March 7, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: The Recession Alarm Just Went Off
If there’s one recession indicator that gets Wall Street buzzing, it’s the yield curve—and last week, it inverted again.
March 3, 2025
💰 5 Fact Friday: Can $5M Gold Cards Solve U.S. Debt?
Forget winning the visa lottery—Trump wants to sell Gold Cards to the ultra-rich. For $5 million, non-U.S. citizens (and maybe even corporate sponsors) could buy U.S. residency, with a potential path to citizenship.
February 28, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: Walmart’s Warning Spooks Markets
The S&P 500 and Dow just suffered their biggest drop of the year—as Walmart’s grim outlook, falling consumer sentiment, and renewed inflation and tariff fears spooked investors.
February 24, 2025
💰 5 Fact Friday: Could DOGE Put $5K In Your Pocket?
Hedge fund manager James Fishback proposed using 20% of DOGE’s spending cuts to send every taxpaying household a check—funded exclusively through savings.
February 21, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: A 988% Run—With More Room to Grow?
AI-driven ads are rewriting the playbook. AppLovin’s self-learning ad engine has begun performing beyond just gaming, raking in holiday shopping dollars and boosting eCommerce sales.
February 17, 2025
💰 5 Fact Friday: The $97B AI Power Struggle
Elon Musk and Sam Altman cofounded OpenAI in 2015 with a shared vision: an open, nonprofit AI research lab for the good of humanity. Fast forward to today, and they’re locked in a bitter fight over the future of AI.
February 14, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: All That Glitters Is Gold
Gold demand is off the charts. Central banks are hoarding the precious metal at record levels, pushing prices toward $2,900 an ounce. With rate cuts and tariffs on the horizon, could gold be heading even higher?
February 10, 2025
💰 5 Fact Friday: Death Of The Duty-Free Loophole
For years, China’s e-commerce giants—Shein, Temu, and AliExpress—have had an unfair edge in the U.S. market. That just changed. On Tuesday, Trump shut down the de minimis loophole.
February 7, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: The Tariffs Are Coming, The Tariffs Are Coming!
Markets are skittish, sensitive, and running on headlines. A DeepSeek-driven AI panic? Big drop. Strong earnings? Recovery. Trump’s tariff bombshell? Another sell-off.
February 3, 2025
💰 5 Fact Friday: The Startup That Erased $1.5 Trillion
Monday’s sell-off was one for the history books. The S&P 500 fell 1.5%, the Nasdaq tumbled 3.1%, and over $1.5 trillion in market value vanished. The biggest casualty? Nvidia.
January 31, 2025
💰 Maniac Minute: Trump Ignites Space Race 2.0
Rocket Lab blasted off after President Trump’s second inaugural address rekindled America’s space race. His call to “plant the stars and stripes on the planet Mars” sent rocket stocks into orbit.
January 27, 2025