Politics and Prose
I consider myself a distruptor who shakes things up and seeks to embrace positive change. Donald Trump represents the most cataclysmic change I’ve seen in my three-plus decades in Washington, DC. While there are ample concerns, I am excited, entertained and...
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OpEds / Politics and Prose
The recently-departed (Dec. 7) multi-talented master musician, Greg Lake (c’est la vie, Greg), was known for many things, primarily his work with the progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Lessor known is his role in an earlier band, King Crimson,...
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Bart on how President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will affect the economy.
OpEds
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Russel 2000, S&P 500and Nasdaq — four key market indicators — all reached record highs. Those market moves exemplify what has confounded financial prognosticators since Nov. 8 every bit as much as the political...
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Markets worldwide reacted strongly to the election of Donald Trump with the stock market surging from November 8, shocking financial analysts who thought a Trump presidency would be devastating to the economy. Source RT America
Markets cheer Trump’s plan to cut regulation.
OpEds
Sitting in a media green room shortly before midnight on the evening of the election, I queried Google for a quick check on global markets and was shocked by the rapid decline. Whoa! From Asia to the US, markets were tanking...
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To discuss which presidential candidate the market favors, former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bart Chilton, joins ‘News with Ed’ and says, “Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president” and that the markets and nonpartisan economists prefer Hillary Clinton.
Market Moves / Politics and Prose
As a federal financial regulator for many years, my mantra was: Don’t do anything to move markets and stay away from commenting upon politics. Such was the case when I knew confidential details about investigations and even amid a prevalent view...
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With all the violent campaign rhetoric we’ve heard, what would happen if Donald Trump suddenly changed his tone and denounced all the nastiness that has transpired? What would occur if he publicly stated, “I have to tell you. Secretary Clinton is...
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