The Appalling Reason Why We Live with “Perma-Gridlock”

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Chart of the Day: Washington's AI Budget Bulge

Capitol Hill is funneling more funds to artificial intelligence (AI) research & development (R&D). Since 2018, the non-defense R&D budget...

The $1.8-Trillion Prize at the Heart of this Cloak and Dagger

There’s a war brewing… Battlelines are being drawn in Chengdu, Suzhou, Tucheng, Hsinchu City, Kikuyo, Folsom,  Thousand Oaks, Casa Grande,...

Here's the Weird "Business Model" Driving Government Off the Rails

Postcards from the florida republic: An independent and profitable state of mind. If the United States government were a business, would you invest?...

The Earnings and Events to Watch the Week of July 31

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China Is About to “Flood the Zone” with Cash – Here’s How to Profit

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The $600-Billion Reason China is Eyeing Taiwan

By far, Beijing’s most triggering pain point is Taiwan. The faintest suggestion that the thriving, democratic technological superpower across the...

14 Billion Reasons to Bet On a Green Transition

Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has hit 10-year lows… but that wouldn't faze you if you were only watching the energy sector....

Here’s What’s Driving All That Economic Growth Right Now

Greetings from Boca Raton. I’m sitting this morning on the balcony of the beach club at the Boca Raton Hotel. There’s luxury… and then...

Chart of the Day: Here’s How Critical Taiwan Is to the Chip Sector

There’s one resource our modern world relies more on than anything else… semiconductors. Chips are not only in our computers, but our phones, our...

We Made Exactly the Right Call on Powell’s Speech

“What can I say except ‘you're welcome’ for the tides, the sun, the sky?” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell spoke at 2:30 PM this afternoon, and, as...

We’re Living in an Entirely New Stock Market - Here’s How to Make Money There

When your grandfather got on the horn with his stockbroker to buy colossal 100-share blocks of IBM, he went through that trouble because he believed...

In Finding Where Twitter Is Buried... "X" Marks the Spot

Given that it’s earnings season, let’s run through a quick exercise. Company A produced $88 million less in advertising revenue in the first four...

Chart of the Day: Is the Tide Finally Turning for Fed Day?

It’s Fed Day… And we could be in for a bumpy ride.  This afternoon, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will once again step in front of the...

A Lot of Money Can Be Made Between 2:35 PM and 2:37 PM Tomorrow - Here's Why

Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points. Everyone and their mother will lock eyes on CNBC and Bloomberg at 2:30...

Here's the Secret to Timing Your Oil Trades Perfectly

"When's the best time to buy oil?" is the question that lands in my inbox more often than any other. And I get it. Timing the market can feel like...

Why I Actually Watched Squawk Box This Morning

I took many questions from yesterday's piece on global liquidity. That's good. It means that people are thinking. They're questioning. They're...

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Your First Warning

There are a handful of arcade games that sucked quarters out of my pocket at a pace that would make the best con man blush. Double Dragon… NFL...

This Is One Insider Buy I'm Sitting Out - Here's Why

In the Florida Republic, we have ten laws - not rules, but laws - that all should follow. No. 4 is “Qualify Everything.” If something seems...

What to Expect from Markets the Week of July 24

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