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Trump fires head of labor statistics after bad data

2 Aug 2025 1 minute read 4 comments Albertocrypto

Trump fires Erika McEntarfer after jobs data shakes the market Job creation in the United States fell sharply in July, and Donald Trump was quick to act. Hours after the official report, the president fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Burea...

What Happens If Powell Loses His Seat?

1 Aug 2025 1 minute read 5 comments Perfectionist25

"I think having an independent central bank is constitutional. In this process, we need to make difficult decisions. We need to make decisions based on the data we have, not political factors." Fed Chair Powell, amid Trump's harsh criticism of the Fe...

Macro Week

30 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

This week is a macro week with extremely important events, including Fed and Bank of Japan meetings, key US employment data over multiple days, US growth, and PCE inflation data. Each of these developments/news items has the potential to cause signif...

Rising Confidence Sets Record in Crypto Markets

15 Jul 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

Signs of a softening global economic outlook have led to a search for direction in the markets. Cryptocurrencies have been the asset class that has reacted most quickly and strongly to this process. Expectations that the Fed may initiate interest rat...

What Does Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Mean for the Market?

11 Jul 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

In early July, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, and President Trump signed it on July 4. This new regulation extends both individual and corporate tax cut rates and eliminates uncertainties, es...

Searching for Balance Among Uncertainties in Cryptocurrencies

5 Jul 2025 2 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25

Bitcoin (BTC), which fell to $98,000 last weekend due to the tension in the Middle East, gave signs of recovery with the establishment of a ceasefire. However, the short-term optimism in the markets was not permanent due to the uncertainties regardin...

The Winning Portfolio of Hard Times: Is Structure or Story Important?

26 Jun 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The first half of 2025 was not an ordinary period for investors; it was a complete stress test. Trump's tariffs that he announced one day and then withdrew the next, the Fed's uncertain messages about direction, and the geopolitical risks that escala...

Performance of the S&P 500 Index Following Major Geopolitical and Historical Events

16 Jun 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The visual shows the 1, 3, 6 and 12-month performances of the S&P 500 index after major geopolitical and historical events since 1940. In this chain of posts, I examined events that yielded more than 6% negative returns at the end of 12 months and t...

Has the Long-Awaited Spring Rally Started?

14 May 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The cryptocurrency market showed signs of revival last week. After a quiet April, the movement that began in May offered investors not only new price levels but also new hopes. Bitcoin exceeding $ 104,000, approaching its peak in February again, and...

Unexpected Contraction in the US Economy

9 May 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25

The US economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.3 percent annually in the first quarter. Growth in the previous quarter was 2.4 percent. President Trump did not delay in showing the expected reaction: Democrats are responsible for this contraction because he...