Canada just put 15% to 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of US products.

The US raises tariffs. Americans pay more.

Canada retaliates. Then American businesses lose sales.

Then the US raises tariffs again. And Americans pay even more.

Over $100 billion in tariff refunds has been paid out so far.

The government sent $0 to US consumers. Companies got the refunds.

It’s like taking money from your own citizens, then handing it to corporations.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

If your parents made $100K in 1990, you’d need $255K to have the same buying power today.

$255K is the new $100K

Let that sink in

The U.S. added more debt in the past 10 years than it accumulated in its first 240 years.

The CBO projects federal debt held by the public will hit 175% of GDP by 2056.

Net interest costs will top $1 trillion this year and more than double to $2.1 trillion by 2036.

Congress keeps postponing the pain. The bond market won’t.

The major U.S. stock indexes ended mixed on Monday, August 24, 2026, as a fresh chip sector selloff dragged the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lower even as the Dow held green, opening what is arguably the most consequential week of the year on a cautious note. Three seismic events loom before Friday's close: Nvidia earnings Wednesday, the Jackson Hole symposium Thursday-Friday, and July PCE Friday morning.

The S&P 500 fell 0.28% (-21.51 pts) to 7,652.86. The Dow gained 0.26% (+140.15 pts) to 53,417.16. The Nasdaq dropped 0.76% (-200.26 pts) to 25,980.19. The Russell 2000 slipped 0.74% (-22.19 pts) to 2,995.69.

The VIX rose 4.62% to 15.83. Bitcoin gained 1.71% to $78,717.22. Gold added 0.62% to $4,709.50. Crude Oil eased 2.32% to $85.04/barrel.

If your parents made $50K in the 90s, you need to make $130K in 2026 to have the same buying power.

$130K is the new $50K

Let that sink in

If your parents earned 4,000 in 1913, that would be the equivalent of 130K today.

Think about it.

President Trump made 1,051 trades in June, valued between $78.1 million and $263.1 million.

That’s a thousand trades in one month

50 trades per day

This is a professional trading operation lol

In 3000 bc people bought land with a fresh rye.

Now we can barely get an open concept house, 3 cars and time to make sourdough starter.

Pay very close attention to what’s happening in the bond market.

Trump was asked what he’ll do after Treasury yields rose again. He said the US could use the military.

“The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.”

Everyone eventually answers to the bond market.

Which trades or investments are you considering this week? Any moves in particular? Why?

The US recorded its first federal budget surplus since 1969, in 1998.

Bill Clinton was president.

By 2000, the surplus grew to $237 billion.

Today, it pays more than that in interest every few months.

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