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Political Activism Sparking a Renewed Interest in Credit Unions
I recently came across an interesting article that encourages readers to close certain accounts with major banks funding the Dakota Access pipeline. It also encourages them to take a renewed look at federal credit unions. After eight... Read →
With A Clenched Fist Our World Changed
During his inaugural diatribe and throughout the parade, Trump morphed from past practice of a pointed pudgy finger or a pudgy finger and pudgy thumb to a raised fist – from commoner to autocratic ruler. Anyone who stopped to... Read →
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Trump Can Be Putin's Puppet, but There is a Telling Russian Lesson From 1917
One needs only to look at Trump’s cabinet, his policies, and Trump himself to understand that Trump will not deliver on his inaugural promises. As the rich get still richer and as the poor get still poorer, the continued viability of... Read →
John Lewis Meets Donald Trump
The venerable American, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, just spoke out and said Donald Trump is an illegitimate president, having won only with the assistance of Russia and James Comey. And, it was not a casual comment. He was expressing... Read →
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Not A Family Man
Donald Trump announced, finally, how he plans to restructure his personal, business and family assets in such a way as to protect himself legally against real and imagined conflicts of interest when he assumes the Presidency in another... Read →
Emerging Market Meltdown Much More Serious Than 1998 Could Be Imminent
We have had two much more serious financial crises since the emerging market meltdown of 1998. Yet, those who lived through that crisis will remember how quickly it spread across Asia, Russia and Latin America, and how seriously it... Read →
No Surprises In Byron Wien’s Top 10 Surprises for 2017
Byron Wien’s annual top ten surprises are always fascinating for his insight. At the beginning of each year, the famed market analyst unveils his list of 10 things that he believes has a greater than 50% likelihood of occurring... Read →
Illusions About An Ethical Congress Shattered
I grew up in Europe and have spent a considerable amount of my time conducting business there as an entrepreneur. The inherent corruption in the system in Europe made it a very difficult place to conduct business -- whether graft is... Read →
Like Leningrad in 1990
I lived and practiced law in Moscow from 1994 to 1996. Ever since it became apparent that Putin and Russian hackers influenced the US election, I have been inundated with questions from friends about how I feel about Russia’s... Read →
Barack Obama will ultimately go down in history as a failed President, not because of Obamacare (the “Affordable Care Act”) or the billions that were spent on Canadian developers for a website that we here in the US could have... Read →
BestCashCow has always been a big fan of Kara Swisher. We respect everything that she says.
We disagree, however, with her today. We live in a democracy. In a democracy, the most influential leaders of the largest industry have a... Read →
Anything for Trump too?
Read →Donald Trump's decision to appoint Rex Tillerson as the US Secretary of State is a gift to Vladimir Putin to enable Putin directly to influence US foreign policy around the World.
Read →It is now patently obvious that the Russians interfered with the US electoral process. Heck, they even tried to hack this website. Now that the Russians control the US government (or at least its President and his people), here are some of the things we might have to look forward to in the US economy.
Read →As the Price Earnings Ratio for the S&P 500 Crosses 26x, Stock Market Investors Turn Uniquely Myopic
With the S&P closing the week at 2259 (and the Dow at 19,757) market observers are seeing something that they want to see, but ignoring reality.
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