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Transcript: Stephanie Kelton on US Fiscal Policy and the ‘Deficit Myth’

The Big Picture

You were the Chief Economist for the US Senate Budget Committee during, was that during the Obama administration? So wait, so you are the Chief economist for the Democrat US Senate Budget Committee, who is the chief economist for the Republicans Stephanie Kelton : Bill something? ’cause I was just teaching economics at UMKC.

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At The Money: Taking Advantage of Superbooms

The Big Picture

At The Money: Jeff Hirsch Why Big Federal Spending Plus Inflation = Superbooms (February, 19 2025) Wars, national defense spending, technology innovations historically, these have had big impacts on the economy. Not, only did you convince me, but I wrote the forward to that book that ended up coming out in 2011. What about energy?

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Things Change

The Better Letter

Even Buffett, whose BKB made the list, was about to buy (he bought into IBM in 2011, although the trade didn’t turn out well; he was out in 2017, having earned about 5 percent per year, including dividends). The broader economy matters. All 1990 list members are gone by 2010. The 2020 top ten list is very tech heavy.

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Can Silver deliver higher returns than Gold and What’s driving the Prices Up? 

Trade Brains

Russia’s Draft Federal Budget for the upcoming year includes plans for the State Fund to continue adding gold, platinum, and palladium to its reserves, and now, for the first time, silver as well. Historical data shows that silver prices have underperformed compared to gold and palladium since 2011. million ounces.

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What to Do About These High Interest Rates

Mr. Money Mustache

Interest rates, which have been gliding along at close to zero since before the Dawn of Mustachianism in 2011, have suddenly shot back up to 20-year highs. Interest rates are like a giant gas pedal that revs the engine of our economy, with the polished black dress shoe of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pressed upon it.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

We actually have a budget for risk management and technology and tools. And it’s, it’s why you saw in 2010, 2011, 2012, a lot of the investment policy statements of pension funds changed from saying equity and fixed income to saying growth risk and diversifying risk. And, but Goldman Sachs has fewer constraints.

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Top 10 Stock Market Movies That Every Investor Should Watch!

Trade Brains

Stock Market Movies #7 – Too Big to Fail (2011) This movie is written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, directed by Curtis Hanson and released in 2011. Stock Market Movies #8 – Margin Call (2011) A thought-provoking dramatic movie directed by J.C.Chandor. This was a thirty-five million budget movie nationwide.