Populists resent Amazon’s and Apple’s dominance, claiming their sizes make them inherently anti-competitive. This is not good for the stock market.
Economic Trends
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The biggest threat facing investors today is anti-business legislation and confiscatory policies promoted by populist politicians.
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If you can keep a level head while other investors are losing theirs, you can load up on valuable assets at extreme bargain prices.
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In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, Sen. Elizabeth Warren openly asks what Americans really get out of capitalism.
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Nuclear is the only low-carbon technology with the capability to generate large quantities of centrally generated electric power.
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Gross output – an accounting statistic I developed – is a more accurate and comprehensive measure of the economy than GDP because it includes the supply chain.
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Obama’s economic policies didn’t make things easier for entrepreneurs and business people. So 4.1% GDP growth is great for business owners, their employees and investors…
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Investment by the super-rich drives innovation, improves efficiencies, creates jobs, generates tax revenues and allows us to meet our economic wants and needs.
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Pollsters regularly find that Americans list “getting rich” as one of their primary goals in life. Is it fair that some have so much while others have so little?
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People search online for all sorts of things, including stuff they’d prefer to keep to themselves. But the “ether” isn’t private… and neither is your information.