When Barack Obama was elected president the U.S. economy and markets were in rough shape. From the peak in October 2007 through election day the S&P 500 was already in the midst of a 35% drawdown. By the time he was inaugurated in January 2009, the market was down nearly 50% in total. By March, … Read more
By Greg Care In this blog article, I’ll be discussing how the recent election cycle is likely to affect the FTC’s rule prohibiting nearly all non-competes. Spoiler alert: things look bleak for the rule’s supporters. In the early morning hours after Election Day 2024, the Associated Press called the Presidential election in favor of Donald … Read more
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin answers a question during the Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Sochi on November 7, 2024. KRISTINA KORMILITSYNA / AFP President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, November 7, congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory in the Russian leader’s first public comment … Read more
I have some interesting thoughts going into the big day tomorrow, and I wanted to try to capture them concisely. The best overview debate (Harris vs. Shapiro) But first, here’s the best debate to listen to if you want the strongest arguments on each side. It’s Sam Harris against Ben Shapiro—with Bari Weiss moderating (and … Read more
Turnout in the village of Ephraim reached 89% in 2020. Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr. If history repeats and Door County voters have called the presidential election as they have seven times straight since 1996, Kamala Harris will be the next president of the United States. That’s of course not official – there was a … Read more
