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The Long View

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“You can’t print your way to prosperity.” I used to believe that, but……….meh………here’s what yet ANOTHER “stimulus” package from Congress did for stocks today:

0124-breakout

A new lifetime high in the NASDAQ as well as the S&P. That’s what a trillion (with a “T”) dollar infrastructure proposal from Congress did. And, after all, it’s easy to conjure up the money; since we’re already $20 trillion in debt, why not pile on another trillion? Hell, that’s only 5% more debt!

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