If it seems to you like most of the action in the markets since Election Day has been dominated by the “Trump trade,” then give your sense of perception a gold star. Of course, recognizing the obvious really doesn’t deserve any symbols of merit; however, in today’s trophy-for-everyone culture, why not pat yourself on the

Another week, another string of all-time highs for the domestic markets. That’s good if you’re long in this market, and we are in my Successful ETF Investing advisory service. Yet despite the bullish mood and the new-high headlines, this rally remains largely dependent on the fate of politics for its sustenance. The bottom line is

Stocks enjoyed yet another good week, as investors kept their buying shoes on in anticipation of policy progress on President Trump’s pro-growth agenda. Although you wouldn’t know it by this week’s contentious political developments, which included National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn’s resignation, Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder’s withdrawal and a most-contentious, nearly unbelievable

Even Leftists are Embracing the Trump Trade   Haters are gonna hate, as the kids these days say. But the smart haters are going to hate while also making money. That’s precisely what leftist icon, and billionaire manipulator of markets, George Soros, has decided to do. The big money backer of so much liberal activism

“Discipline equals freedom.” — Jocko Willink, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win” I’m a proponent of a concept used in military circles called “extreme ownership.” The idea here is that you always take responsibility for a situation that goes wrong, even if you aren’t the root cause of the error. In the

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I’m a horseman, and I take pride in learning about myself from one of the best teachers on earth — the horse. You see, the horse is a herd animal, and one that has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to thrive in its group social structure. The horse also is an animal that

And it’s a great day to be alive I know the sun’s still shining when I close my eyes There’s some hard times in the neighborhood But why can’t every day be just this good? — Travis Tritt, “It’s A Great Day to Be Alive” Some days in a life are just more important than

What could be better than a well-managed business featuring a resource like timber? Cut and plant, cut and plant, cut and plant. Simple, quiet, sensible—and profitable. But as a group, timber is the opposite of everything that Wall Street stands for. And in the housing slowdown and the subsequent subprime mess, investors have abandoned anything

By Richard C. Young In the agricultural commodities sector, the economics work much differently from other sectors. Other commodities, like energy and metals, usually struggle to expand capacity and meet rising demands. And while the market waits for this to successfully happen, demand and supply are brought into balance through higher prices. But when there