Charles Sizemore

On April 1, California’s new minimum-wage law went into effect, giving fast-food workers in the Golden State a $20 per hour minimum wage. That works out to $40,000 per year assuming a 40-hour workweek with two weeks of vacation. This is not going to turn out well…

Biden came to office at a time when America needed a sense of normalcy. Now, the situation is “unimaginably worse than anyone could have ever thought possible…”

The U.S. is still an incredible country with so much prosperity and opportunity. But it would be completely naive and ignorant to claim that America is not in substantial decline. The real concern isn’t where the country is today. It’s the trend… where the country will end up in 10 years’ time if it stays on the current course.

Deglobalization is a major, durable trend for the remainder of this decade and likely far beyond. But even in a world of higher tariffs, less free trade, and more protectionism, international trade doesn’t go to zero. That means there are still investment opportunities to find…

Today is the Fourth of July – America’s Independence Day.  On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, “officially” severing our ties with the British crown.  Of course, declaring independence didn’t make us independent any more than me declaring myself to be as rich as Jeff Bezos would make

Figuratively speaking, Eddie has mainlined himself into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission channel that makes these reports public. Recently, he uncovered several interesting transactions in some stocks you wouldn’t normally associate one particular politician with…