“The Big Beautiful Bill?”: A Summary

“The Big Beautiful Bill?”: A Summary We hope everyone has a nice Memorial Day weekend! In this week’s Weekly Pulse, we have published a summary of the “Big Beautiful Bill” recently passed by the House of Representatives for your review. We feel it is valuable to see a summary “without spin”, which we suspect may […]
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Deal, or No Deal?

Deal or No Deal? As far as the stock market is concerned, it is a deal, and that created a massive short squeeze that drove the stock market higher, smashing through technical resistance with the S&P 500 now trading above both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The uncertainty that paralyzed markets in April appears […]
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Strong Dollar Blues

Strong Dollar Blues The recent weakening of the US dollar has raised concerns about the status of ‘King Dollar’. While the massive debt burden and budget deficits of the US certainly raises eyebrows, it probably does not spell the end of dollar supremacy just yet. In 1985, the “Plaza Accord” saw G5 countries (U.S., Japan, […]
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Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap Throughout history, transformative technologies have redefined the course of human progress. Agriculture, the printing press, electricity, and the internet each shifted the paradigm, opening new doors that we couldn’t have imagined before. Today, we stand on the edge of another breakthrough: quantum computing. Though still in its early stages, this emerging technology has […]
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Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet? Anyone that has traveled with kids is familiar with the constant question: Are we there yet?  We wouldn’t be surprised if that same question is consistently on investors minds over the next few months. At least when you traveled with the kids, you knew where you were going. We wish we […]
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Brass Tacks

Brass Tacks One of the more difficult things about investing in a Trump Administration is the constant state of distraction. It is all too easy to get caught up in day-to-day antics and lose perspective of the stuff that will really matter in the long run. It’s a constant battle. This week, we want to […]
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Relief Valve

Relief Valve A pressure relief valve is a safety device that automatically releases excess pressure in a system when it exceeds a predetermined level, preventing potential damage or catastrophic failure. While a relief valve is a critical safety feature, it is not designed  to solve the underlying problem creating the excess pressure. What we have […]
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