Significant Rotations Hidden By Calm Markets
2025-08-22
The market seas are calm, but beneath the surface, there is some intense churning, or in market terminology, significant stock rotations. Over the last week, the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq were relatively flat. Such gives the appearance of a low volatility, typical late August market with little going on. However, beneath the calm of …
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8-20-25 John Tamny – Money is Ruthless
2025-08-20
Lance Roberts interviews John Tamny, author, economist, and editor of RealClearMarkets. Tamny’s provocative new book, Deficit Delusion, reframes how we think about debt and growth. He makes a bold case: Trump-style protectionism and fear-driven immigration policies are economically self-defeating—even for conservatives.
Trade is the greatest foreign policy mankind has ever devised, plus it’s great for workers as is any scenario that expands the division of labor.
$36.1 trillion Government Debt is not a crisis—it’s a sign of U.S. strength & investor confidence about the U.S.’s future, it’s not weakness.
1:55 – Will the Debt Spiral spark a financial crisis?
4:03 – What is the debt relative to economic growth?
5:18 – The Uber Analogy & Expectations of Debt
8:40 – What are we NOT doing