Moody’s brought a lot of serious points up when it downgraded the credit ratings of the United States. Now the U.S. has no ‘AAA’ credit ratings from any of the three major […]
U.S. Faces Bone-Crushing Yield Spreads Versus Other Top Nations
Reality Check: Was Moody’s USA Rating Downgrade Really All That Shocking?
The last weekend brought some horrific news that Moody’s was downgrading the United States credit ratings to ‘Aa1’ from ‘Aaa.’ The entire weekend’s financial news and political news narratives switched entirely to […]
Investing in Storage Units… Tactical & Secular Plays
Investing in storage units has been very profitable for investors over time. This strategy does not even have to just be investing in private storage properties that require management and individual market […]
About That Negative GDP, and About That 2025 Recession….
The U.S. economy has entered into negative territory on GDP for the first quarter of 2025. That’s not good, and it worse than what was expected. It would be naive to ignore […]
How the Wealthy Might Prevent a Recession
The media keeps insisting that the U.S. on the verge of a recession. The warnings are harsh, but they may be overlooking the most obvious point that roughly 70% of GDP is […]
Fund Managers Take Aim at U.S. Exceptionalism & Exit U.S. Investments
BofA Securities has released its Global Fund Manager Survey for April 2025. Despite the recent recovery in stocks, the data looks rather negative even as some investors are hoping that the bounce […]
Time for an Alt-Assets Weekend!
Heading to Strongsville for the longest running vintage sports cards! Time for some alt-assets!!!
Why Bitcoin Is Finally Proving Itself as a Standalone Asset Class
Bitcoin is sometimes hard to describe outside of simply being a digital asset and alternative asset at the same time. And explaining its wild price gyrations, particularly on weekends and in the […]
Card Grading to Bitcoin: GameStop’s Future More Like AltsStop!
GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) has been one of the most controversial stocks for quite some time. It was hated almost universally for years before Roaring Kitty and the “Stonks” meme traders blew […]
Is Strategy’s Bitcoin Financing Becoming Too Hot to Handle?
The former MicroStrategy is now just known as Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR). Despite being the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in the world, Strategy’s new capital structure (and its financing of Bitcoin purchases) is […]
Weak Market, Silver Lining: Interest Rate Cuts Are Back on the Table
It is no secret that the stock market has lost some of its luster in 2025. Economic reports are coming in slower than had been expected. Corporate earnings and guidance are also […]
When Tactical & Secular Megatrends Meet — Investing in Women
The word “megatrend” should never be ignored by investors. After all, this is where tactical investors can ride a long-term wave in hopes of profits. Secular trends can last 10 years, or […]
Total L.A. Wildfire Costs Keep Rising (It’s a National Problem!)
The 2025 wildfires that were seen in and around the greater Los Angeles area were unlike other natural disasters. Some areas were literally wiped off the map. And some structures, even in […]
What Will Your Social Security Cut Look Like?
Whether you are a Baby Boomer or Gen-X, Social security is in your crosshairs right now or it will be in the next 10 years (trust me on that). The good news […]
Use a Tactical Investing Mindset For… Cutting Down on Eggs!
Tactical investors rotate portions of their investments to where they think the trends will help their short-term or long-term returns. It’s not always just an effort to time the entire market, but […]
Relative Mortgage Rates Keep Blocking Your Next Move
Everyone already knows that high interest rates are currently making housing affordability an impossibility for many new buyers. The main aspect about high rates, particularly when they are persistent and staying higher, […]
Bitcoin ETF With Downside Protection – A Tactical Money Market Alternative?
We all know that Bitcoin has surged in value. And we know that many investors, even including millionaires, have missed the Bitcoin boat after Bitcoin went over $100,000. Well, maybe. What if […]
The End of the U.S. CBDC (and the Start of a Crypto Reserve?)
Imagine the day that the government tells you (but not anyone else) that you cannot buy certain goods or that your money (but only yours) is not worth as much as someone […]
Making Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Real Currency Soon, Maybe
Are Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies really digital currencies or should they just be thought of as digital assets? The answer probably depends upon whom you ask. And it may also depend on […]
Personal Finance Tracker: Beer, Wine & Booze All Taking Consumer Sales Hits
Perhaps the latest scare out of the Surgeon General asking for warning labels that even moderate drinking can lead to cancer scared the drinking public. The problem, even though this “study” was […]