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The most profitable client on Wall Street is not the richest one. It is the most certain one. The investor who is absolutely convinced a position only goes up is the easiest person in the world to sell more product to.
The cable news crowd has been screaming about China invading Taiwan for years, and every day it keeps not happening. Meanwhile, China's real crisis, a collapsing domestic economy, is getting almost zero coverage. Funny how that works.
I am going to call out something that has infected political commentary the same way junk fees infected the financial industry. It is whataboutism, it is intellectually dishonest, and the people running it on you every night are laughing all the way to their next contract renewal.
A study identified something the financial industry has been quietly doing for decades, and it proves what I have been saying for years. If you are not already wealthy enough to impress a big firm's account minimums, they have already written you off.
Washington is begging you to be scared of China while they rob you blind with deficit spending that would make a Vegas loan shark blush. I am not buying the boogeyman, and neither should you.
The New York Times ran a Father's Day essay that had nothing to do with fatherhood. I want to talk about a different Father's Day message, one that's 150 years old and more relevant than anything in today's media.
I have been in Italy for two weeks and I can tell you firsthand, the story coming out of the Trump camp about Georgia Meloni begging for a photo op is political spin of the highest order. Let me give you the real numbers.
The real estate industry has spent decades convincing you that buying a home is always a smart investment. It's one of the most successful lobbying and marketing operations in American history, and you are the product.
The big wirehouses and their slick TV commercials want you dreaming about vineyards in Napa. I want you to wake up and look at your actual account balance. Those are very different conversations.
The COVID cover story has officially collapsed and the receipts are in. American taxpayer money went to gain of function research in Wuhan, the wet market narrative was fabricated, and the people responsible are not facing a single consequence.
The financial industry has spent decades convincing you that investing is so complicated you need to hand your money to someone with a fancy algorithm and a sharp suit. I spent time on that side of the table, and I am here to tell you it is a con.
If you have less than a million dollars saved, the biggest wealth management firms in America have officially decided you are not worth a single human hour of attention. And they are not even hiding it anymore.