Gosh darn it, you nailed it again! Trump stopped firing Powell. Banks are on fire. Netflix hit a new high. Score John Thomas 100, everyone else zero. Well done, John AND let’s keep it going. You’re the Savant of the time at the moment. Talk to you soon, bye. Bill Florida
Category Archives: Diary
What if you want to be a little more aggressive with your investment strategy, say twice as aggressive? What if markets don’t deliver any year-on-year change from here? Then you need a little more pizzazz in your portfolio, and some extra leverage to earn your crust of bread and secure your retirement. It turns out […]
“The question is not whether Tesla will sell 80,000 or 90,000 cars this year, but whether they will sell 14 million or 15 million in 15 years. I believe they can do it,” said Ron Baron of long-term value player, Baron Capital.
Global Market Comments April 23, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHERE’S THIS MARKET BOTTOM?), (SPX), (INDU), (TLT), (THE ONE SAFE PLACE IN REAL ESTATE)
After Monday’s 1,200-point swoon, the S&P 500 (SPY) has fallen 20.88% from its February peak. And we may still have a “Sell in May” ahead of us. This was one of the most overbought stock markets in my career. I have to think back to the March 2000 Dotcom Top and the Tokyo bubble in […]
I feel obliged to reveal one corner of this time of great turmoil that might actually make sense. By 2050, the population of California will soar from 40 million to 50 million, and that of the US from 340 million to 400 million, according to data released by the US Census Bureau and the CIA […]
“Real Estate is the new gold. It is the gold of 2025,” said Jeffrey Gundlach of Doubleline Capital
Global Market Comments April 22, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE GOVERNMENT’S WAR ON MONEY) (TESTIMONIAL)
When I lived as a student in West Berlin during the 1960s, I had a nice little side business. I organized weekend walking tours through the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie to visit East Berlin for American students who were too afraid to go alone. To pay for it, I smuggled in my boots lots […]
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open,” said Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.



