Charles Sizemore

Over the weekend, Musk posted on X that he had set up the America Party to challenge the Republican and Democratic “Uniparty.” If it’s a success, it may be even bigger than when the South flipped from Democrat to Republican and fundamentally changed the electoral map. What does it mean for markets?

As members of The Freeport Society, we are committed to fighting for our financial independence with the same vigor. And we won’t let socialists, crony capitalists, mercantilists or any other wealth-destroying scoundrel get in our way. Today, as we celebrate our independence, let’s recommit to the fight for our financial freedom… together.

Like most gringos, this felt extravagant – even absurd – when I first got here. But when I realized I could hire a staff to run my household for roughly the cost of a monthly car payment, it was a no-brainer. But now, with Elon Musk’s Optimus robot nearing release, such luxuries might be closer at hand for everyone.

In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the crew hangs a dead albatross around the neck of the crewmate who killed it as punishment for his actions cursing the ship. Today, the U.S. dollar wears its own version of that dead bird. Here’s why, and what you should do about it.

Talk about a market that’s priced for perfection… The S&P 500 trades at 28 times reported earnings. That puts it between the 90th and 95th percentile of most expensive markets in history, depending on what timeframe you choose. So is now the time for buy-and-hold investing? Let’s talk through this…

There’s clearly no love lost between President Trump and Fed chair Jerome Powell. Trump doesn’t have the authority to fire Powell. So, Mr. Transitory Inflation will still be running the Fed for another 11 months, until his term ends. But Trump announced this week that he had already narrowed down Powell’s replacement to a handful of candidates… and that an announcement might be coming soon. As investors, we need to pay attention.