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February 18, 2017

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The Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) is really GREAT!

Economists seem less worried about it for several reasons.  First, other countries we trade with use the same thing against us.  Second, a BAT is not a trade restriction such as a tariff or quota that the World Trade Organization (WTO) can overturn as being in violation of a previous trade agreement.  Third, a BAT is not a trade export subsidy that would lead the WTO to approve countervailing duties so as to offset it.  Last and most important, a BAT does not effect retailers in such a negative way as is being…

What about the Current Economy and Markets?

The supply or production side of the economy driven by individual and business interests was for about eight years due to anti-business and anti-private sector policies.  The rationale for these policies was a socialist agenda coupled with a lack of understanding of how a market based economy (i.e., capitalism) works.  The result was slow and declining rates of economic growth on the supply-side of the economy because business expectations for a payoff to investment were lacking.  For example, recent data…

Discover February’s Weekly Top Stock Picks — All Free

Building a stock portfolio is like putting together a really great sled dog team. Many investors tend to take profits from their good stocks (i.e., let their good dogs go) and keep their poorly performing stocks (i.e., their sick dogs) which means they will get nowhere. That said, if a stock gets too rich (a dog is too fat to run anymore) then sell it and hook up a new dog that is ready to run. My own stock portfolio…

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Look Out Below!

Most stock investors worry about sudden sell-offs and plunging stock prices. Here are some strategies that can reduce your worries. 1. The simplest strategy is to have a long-run time horizon that allows you to ignore short-run fluctuations in financial asset prices. Companies always move things and if you have invested in good ones, short-run downturns in the stock market are best ignored. 2. Buy a mutual fund or other fund that lags market turning points, especially the downward turning points. I…