Hiltzik: Investors Recognize That ‘Trump Consistently Backs Down’
Hiltzik: Investors realize that ‘Trump always chickens out’ Stock market investors don’t have much to cheer about in the second Trump term, except perhaps for a new and almost flawless trading strategy — the TACO trade. The acronym, coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” (“Acronyms are very powerful, […]
US Stock Futures Rise Following Trump’s Announcement to Delay EU Tariffs
US stock futures higher after Trump said he will delay EU tariffs President Trump threatens Apple and EU with tariffs President Donald Trump reignited trade tensions with back-to-back social media posts targeting the European Union and Apple. U.S. stock futures are higher after President Donald Trump said over the weekend he would delay 50% tariffs […]
USGS Identifies Significant Oil and Gas Reserves in Wyoming
USGS Discovers Large Oil & Gas Deposits In Wyoming The Department of the Interior has announced that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has discovered large oil and gas deposits in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System that spans parts of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The report estimates large hydrocarbon resources, including 473 million barrels of […]
Trump Advocates for PM to Dismantle Chinese Wind Farms and Begin Oil and Gas Exploration in the North Sea
Trump is right to urge PM to tear down the Chinese windmills and start drilling for oil and gas in North Sea Drill baby DONALD Trump yesterday delivered another much-needed reality check to Net Zero zealot Ed Miliband. The President says he is happy with the trade deal the US has struck with Sir Keir […]
Tax Bill: Increased Market Turmoil Ahead if Bond Vigilantes Raise Yields
Tax Bill: More Market Chaos in Store If Bond Vigilantes Send Yields Higher Tariff chaos may have subsided, but markets could be in for another bout of policy-fueled volatility in the coming months if bond investors throw a tantrum over the tax bill. President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”—the 389-page tax bill that aims to […]
Trump Abandons Biden’s Environmental Review for 3,244 Oil and Gas Leases
Trump dumps Biden environmental review for 3,244 oil and gas leases The Trump administration will forgo an environmental review for thousands of federal oil and natural gas leases, including some in Wyoming, at the center of a 10-year legal and political battle. The Interior Department announced Thursday it will rescind a last-minute Biden-era notification to […]
Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws from BLM Nomination Amid Loyalty Questions to Trump
Amid Questions of Loyalty to Trump, a Longtime Oil and Gas Advocate Withdraws as Nominee to Lead BLM Kathleen Sgamma, an oil and gas advocate, has withdrawn from consideration to be director of the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency responsible for managing one-tenth of America’s land base, after her loyalty to President Donald […]
Atlanta Finance Professor Explores Timing of Price Increases on Select Items – WSB-TV Channel 2
Atlanta finance professor discusses when we’ll see prices increase on certain items – WSB-TV Channel 2 ATLANTA — While tariff tensions are high, the stock market is taking a hit. A metro Atlanta financial analyst told Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco when you can expect prices to rise here locally. Shoppers in metro Atlanta are paying […]
Fed and Trump Align on the Growing Threat of Stagflation
Fed and Trump are coalescing around STAGFLATION Greetings, Investors! There’s a LOT to get to today — this past week’s effective “pivot” from the Fed…President Trump’s hugely-touted Executive Order to ramp up domestic production and financing (?) of energy and critical materials…and more. Keep up with the news on Stagflation! But first, I want to […]
Trump Administration Approves Oil and Gas Drilling on Millions of Hectares in Alaska
Trump Administration Opening Millions Of Hectares In Alaska To Oil And Gas Drilling Alaska’s wilderness is back on the market for big oil. The US government has announced it’s taking steps to open up oil and gas leasing in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve and the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The […]