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As we continue to sit around staring at the ceiling, clipping our fingernails, and waiting for this pointless and meaningless interest rate cut, I share with you eight bullish young charts that seem well-formed for higher prices. This is incontrovertible evidence that I’ve lost my mind.
Geographic descriptors in the U.S. are subjective things. “Midwest” for example is anchored to a time in history when the most westward part of the U.S. was the Mississippi River, so Illinois (which to my eyes is wayyyyy out east and a four-hour plane ride) is considered “Midwest“. So too is the “South” unclear. To me, the idea that Arizona or Pennsylvania would be considered part of the South is absurd. Hell, I even consider my home state of Louisiana to be kind of on the fringe. Anyway:
I read a lot. I used to write more than I read, but that fluctuates. With each passing day, as I absorb news and commentary, I am increasingly convinced how backwards we’ve gone since the silly little book shown below was a bestseller.
It’s a tired trope, I realize, for some middle-aged guy to be jabbing his finger at the news and saying the world’s gone crazy, but that’s where I’m at. It’s even worse to think that, for every dollar someone earns, they’re allowed to keep almost 50 cents while the rest gets ripped away and given to all forms of feckless government, is appalling.
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