Darren Hinshaw, CFA

Are you people serious? If you need to learn how to replace a button, Google it. Why would you possibly take a semester to learn that. The kids are going to be fine. Elvis Presley wiggling his hips and Ozzy Osbourne did not corrupt kids. Kids today are in much better shape than you think. Relax.

We need to figure out a way to get the world’s largest kettle out to LA for the Olympics.

Salvation Army?

Seriously. He just fled Canada. Nothing more chicken than that.

Congress needs to grow a spine and take back setting tariffs.

Thank you for that thought. Glad they are showing up. Where the F were they last November?

I love that everyone is showing up. Where the F was this last November?

Some newspaper, websites, & magazine covers:

Barron's

Checking In On The United States Sovereign Wealth ETF John Davi from Astoria Advisors hosts a weekly CIO call and I listened for the first time yesterday. John has some interesting views and th...

Checking In On The United States Sovereign Wealth ETF

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No, he won the Nobel Prize in economics. On top of that, you can go pull the same charts and do a bit of research to understand the difference between the charts yourself.

The global reserve currency issuer doesn't need strategic reserves. Full stop.

And buying ADA, XRP and SOL is a complete misuse of taxpayer funds.

Dolly Parton is a god damn National treasure.

Special Vermont Resistance edition Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.

Move over Ethan Allen, here comes Lucy Welch

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We have so many blessings that are not acknowledged.

Thank you. Please steel it and pass it along. I actually have dice in my bag.

Being an anti-vaxxer in the U.S. was easy—because vaccines had already done their job. Before vaccines and modern medicine, 30–50% of people didn’t make it to 18. Want a simple way to visualize that? Take a six-sided die. Roll it. If you get a 1 or 2, you're gone. That was life before vaccines.

Yep, he started with a lot of money, made a ton of money for himself. Ran Sears into the ground. Not remotely on the same page as Warren Buffett.

That was what Eddie Lampert wanted to do with Sears. How did that work out?

Pete, you have to give Trump credit. More people have died in plane crashes in his first three weeks in office than in four years of the Biden administration. That's pretty MAGA!

Money talks

By Request: Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs During Presidential Terms Note: I've received a number of requests to post this again at the conclusion of President Biden's term.  So here is another update of track...

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The U.S. has a ~$28 trillion economy, 4% of the world’s population, >20% of the globe’s GDP, and >55% of the global market cap.

Economically speaking, America is ALREADY great.

Begging the political press to stop just reporting on what Trump says he's done, and actually investigating what has *actually* happened. The focus on rushing out stories to be first is letting the MAGA world play you over and over and over again.

Kick out the DEA, convert coffee to cocaine. Not good for either country, but.

They could always kick out all DEA agents and convert from coffee to Cocaine. Not sure any of this is good for either side

Thought the same about Ohio State and Notre Dame.

What To Know About The Jan. 6 Pardons
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This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

Opinion | Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance If you feel off-kilter, you’re in good company. The president seems downright bewildered.

Good account of some of Trump's great moments in ignorance since he took office www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... It's amazing that so much ignorance can be stuffed into one person.