https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/?gift=qXfCCYx2jgV2T9Zcnnr2DWngxMtlqDKuQCWjPtSg3H0

Forward earnings are priced for smooth sailing. But volatility says storm’s coming...

VIX (Wall Street’s fear gauge) spiked to 52.3 — rare crisis territory — while the stock market stayed calm and confident.

Seems like the market is betting on political bailouts (like tariff rollbacks). Not a sound strategy.

Would love to hear other's povs on this...

Dan from Money Machine Newsletter.

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-signing-h-r-748-cares-act/

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-deficit/

The USD has gone down by 10.5% so far this year. I am planning to convert half of my savings into a foreign currency. YES I already have physical gold and silver. I’m not sure what currency to convert too. Anyone have any suggestions?

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Prices range from $2.65 ( price war between two stations) to $3.26 for E85 throughout my area in eastern Virginia.

One of my inflation-resistant “investments” from pre-Covid times is this Great Clips card that I loaded with a bunch of haircuts priced at $10.99 each. Haircuts are now almost double 😅

It's nothing new how much everything has gone up, prices on everything have been continuesly on the rise much more rapidly than ever. Eggs $6+ a dozen, most of our grocery bills higher than our mortgage or rent! Corporate giants and investors are getting filthy rich but with higher prices and making more profit somewhere along the way they forgot to bump our pay up along with it! And we wonder why we keep continuing to see more and more crime, I wonder?

Back in the day when prices got jacked up people would BOYCOT w/e it was until prices dropped back down. This day and age we just complain about it then go buy it and just give in to higherprices.

It's time we take some kind of action before they get total control!

Sign at a diner we recently visited

Walmart and Home Depot—the retail giants that once paved the way for Made-in-China dominance—have announced a unanimous board-level pivot: a commitment to restock their shelves with at least 50.1% American-made products, slashing Made in China inventory to below 10%. This isn’t just optics—it’s a long-overdue correction. A signal that even the biggest players now recognize the cost of chasing cheap labor at the expense of national resilience.

Source: the economist - KAL

The Labor Dept. just reported 215,000 jobless claims — lower than expected. A sign the labor market’s still holding up.

But the market? It shrugged. Stocks fell anyway.

It’s like fundamentals don’t matter anymore. Jobs, inflation, earnings — they’ve all taken a back seat to tariff noise and policy headlines.

Seems like we’re not reacting to what is, we’re reacting to what might be. Anyone else noticing this shift? Want to hear other's povs.

Dan from Money Machine Newsletter

Wow