In 1993, William Kurt Hauser, a San Francisco investment analyst, presented his results from an incredibly interesting study. Hauser had analyzed tax revenues in the United States over time and came to the conclusion that tax revenue as a percentage of GDP had remained around a narrow band of 19% since 1946. That was astonishing. […]

Steve Cohen is the founder of Point72 Asset Management, a family office that manages more than $12 billion. Cohen founded S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992, but the hedge fund shut down in 2016 after the firm pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. Point72 spun off from S.A.C. in 2016 and had only managed Cohen’s personal […]

Both major political parties are working together to destroy America’s financial future, and most Americans don’t seem to care.  Once upon a time, the Republicans were considered to be “the party of fiscal responsibility”, but now they are just as bad as the “free spending” Democrats.  As you will see below, a “compromise” budget deal […]