Monday, December 22, 2025

 Will Bonds Outperform Stocks over the Next Ten Years??

In My Opinion

YES!

Mutual Funds cash levels at all time lows; investor’s sentiment all time high; Shiller PE hovering around 40 times earnings; S&P 500 dividend yield 1.14% compared to long term investment grade corporate bonds yielding 5.68% overtime will force a reduction in risk premium for stocks (stocks will drop in price).

For younger folks who have 20 plus years ahead before retirement IMO long term investment grade corporate bonds will outperform the S&P 500.  As long as this huge spread between dividend yield and bond yield remains bonds are the preferred choice for long term compounding.      

Saturday, December 20, 2025

 

Government

Monopoly

Government Power Runs Foul

Civil Asset Forfeiture – One of the ugliest, stone-cold truths of monopoly policing is that the police now steal more each year through civil asset forfeiture than all private criminals combined. Civil asset forfeiture allows police, federal, state and local, to seize – and then keep or sell – any property they allege is involved in a crime. Owners need not ever be arrested or convicted of a crime for their cash, cars, or even real estate to be stolen permanently by the government, and the Institute for Justice² estimates it cost $3000 to fight each case with no guarantee of winning. The ugly truth is that federal law enforcement and the government’s monopoly police frequently steal more each year than all private criminals combined.

Road Piracy

Road Piracy is defined as local governments using their monopoly police to excessively fine motorists in order to raise revenue for the government and the police force.  The problem of local and State “governments” raising revenue on their citizens tax-slaves is exacerbated by red light cameras and photoradar cameras that can be tuned to ticket every single speeder at speeds as low as five miles over the speed limit on roads where the speed limit has been set artificially low specifically to raise revenue.

Everyone wants to be safe and secure in their homes, on the road, and when traveling, there’s obviously a market for personal protection. Right now this market is dominated by a monopoly provider. 

In the absence of a monopoly provider, there’s no reason to think that private companies wouldn’t be able to provide the same service, at lower prices, with more efficiency and without the abuses of the monopoly police.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Mortgage rates is not the problem it is the overall cost of homeownership!

 Recently, mortgage rates have been in a normal range in relationship to inflation

Mortgage interest rates since 1945 show a fascinating journey from the 4-5% range post-WWII, spiking dramatically in the late 70s/early 80s to over 18%, then generally declining to historic lows (around 2.65%) in 2021, before rising again, with major sources like Freddie MacFRED, and Bankrate offering charts detailing the 30-year fixed rate, revealing cycles driven by inflation, Federal Reserve actions, and economic conditions, with charts available via St. Louis Fed (FRED) and financial sites like The Mortgage ReportsUS News, and Macrotrends. 

Key Trends & Peaks:
  • Post-War Stability (1940s-1960s): Rates hovered around 4-5% as the U.S. built up post-war, notes MIDFLORIDA Credit Union and Reddit.
  • 1970s Inflation Surge: High inflation from oil crises pushed rates up, peaking near 11-12% by the decade's end, says Rocket Mortgage and US News.
  • 1980s Peak: Volcker's Fed-induced recession to fight inflation sent rates soaring, reaching record highs of over 18% in 1981, notes Bankrate and US News.
  • 1990s-2000s Decline: Rates gradually fell, breaking below 10% and reaching the 4-6% range, with dips.
  • 2008 Crisis & 2020s Lows: Rates dropped to near-zero, hitting all-time lows around 2.65% in 2021 due to economic stimulus, but then climbed back up significantly by 2025. 

Sunday, December 14, 2025

 


Charlie Kirk Hoax Explained

Updated version. Sorry but it's not going away...

Friday, December 12, 2025


As individual investors who have a limited time to financially “Put it all together” whether for retirement or other goals market valuations is crucial for our success. 

The past 10 years (and especially since 2009) we’ve experienced a scorching hot stock market that has pushed valuations to nose bleed levels.  Add on the fact that the past ten year return almost hit 15% average annual return expecting another redo is investing by looking in the rear view mirror as this would require stock valuations to almost double from history making levels!

Points of ‘secular’ undervaluation such as 1922, 1932, 1949, 1974 and 1982 typically occurred about 50% below historical mean valuations, and were associated with subsequent 10-year nominal total returns approaching 20% annually. 

By contrast, valuations similar to 1929, 1965 and 2000 were followed by weak or negative total returns over the following decade. That’s the range where we find ourselves today. 

If the Dow Jones Industrial Average breeches the 50,000 level expect Wall Street cheerleaders pushing their talking points for stock ownership in order to “off load” as much as possible their high valuation priced shares.  This has already begun with major players such as Warren Buffet’s corporation pulling into his highest cash position.


Tuesday, December 9, 2025

 Vaccines

Independent studies despite institutional barriers


Miraculously, over the past couple of decades, a handful of independent researchers—despite great cost to their careers—have conducted studies comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated children. The results are consistent: unvaccinated children are much healthier.

Career over children

The 2020 Zervos study at Henry Ford is particularly revealing. Dr. Zervos admitted on hidden camera that the study was sound—but he couldn’t publish it due to career risk.

Consider the context: he was already established, financially secure, near retirement, and had explicitly promised to publish the study no matter the results. Despite all this, he still caved to institutional pressure.

If someone with his freedom couldn’t speak the truth, what hope is there for younger doctors with mortgages, student loans, and careers to protect?

Conclusion

There are only two reasons parents vaccinate their children: either they are misinformed, or they are not being honest with themselves.

If you want to truly understand the impact of vaccines, the only meaningful comparison is vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. The absence of proper vax-unvax studies by regulators and manufacturers speaks volumes. Their refusal to conduct them is criminal.

Every study that has been done tells the same story: unvaccinated children are healthier.

There’s no way around this.

Saturday, December 6, 2025

 

U.S. Stocks at this current juncture for the market to return to its mean would require a 50% decline!  At bargain range will require a 65% decline.  U.S. Stocks remain MASSIVELY OVERVALUED!

Sentiment Changes


Smart Money - Buys Aggressively!
Capitulation
Despondency

Max-Pessimism 
Depression 
Hope - Silver F
Relief *Market returns to Mean  - Short Term Notes & Bills or MMF

Smart Money - Buys the Dips!
Optimism - Swiss Treasury Securities  
Media Attention - Gold
Enthusiasm

Smart Money - Sells the Rallies!
Thrill
Greed
Delusional
Max-Optimism  Residential Real Estate   - Stocks 
Denial of Problem   -BitCoin 
Anxiety 
Fear
Desperation - Long Term Bonds

Current Economic Conditions

Prosperity - Moderate
Recession - Shallow
Deflation - None
Inflation - Moderate

Economic Choices
None
Shallow
Moderate
Prominent
Extreme 

During this run up in stock prices if the Dow Jones hits 50,000 I would expect major cheering by Wall Street marketers to aggressively pump up the virtues of stock ownership for an opportunity to dump (sell off) their massively overvalued merchandize.   

Tuesday, December 2, 2025