Editor: Vladimir Bajic | Tactical Investor
Random Musings: Market Crashes as Buying Opportunities
Stock market crashes are often seen as moments of panic, but for the astute investor, they represent some of the best buying opportunities. These downturns can be leveraged for long-term gains when combined with mass psychology and technical analysis. The masses tend to react emotionally, dumping stocks at precisely the wrong time, while seasoned investors recognize these moments as entry points for high-quality assets at discounted prices.
Historically, every major market crash has been followed by a robust recovery, rewarding those who remained level-headed. Understanding mass psychology allows investors to move against the herd, while technical analysis helps pinpoint optimal entry and exit points. Instead of fearing corrections, savvy traders see them as necessary cycles in the market, creating the foundation for the next bull run.
Hillary Clinton’s Economic Mirage: A Blueprint for Stagnation
Hillary Clinton’s economic vision is little more than an extension of President Obama’s failed policies—policies that prioritized wealth redistribution over real economic growth. Obama will go down in history as the only president to serve two full terms without a year of GDP growth exceeding 3%. His best effort? A meager 2.5% in 2010.
Instead of fostering innovation and expansion, his administration focused on punitive tax hikes aimed at high-income earners, channelling their earnings into bloated social programs. The result? A stagnant economy, a widening wealth gap, and an increasingly disillusioned middle class. Clinton’s proposal to raise wages through government-mandated minimum wage hikes is another short-sighted move that ignores basic economic principles.
The Obama administration’s projections promised an average of 4% growth between 2011 and 2014—reality delivered just 2%. Meanwhile, policies like the Affordable Care Act’s 30-hour workweek threshold forced businesses to cut hours, worsening underemployment and crushing household incomes. Under this model of economic mismanagement, the American dream didn’t just fade—it was systematically dismantled.
Suppose Clinton’s economic strategy is merely an encore of Obama’s. In that case, the outcome is all but certain: sluggish growth, declining prosperity, and an economy that continues to punish success rather than reward it.
Questionable Economic Policy Sparks Fierce Debate Among Economists
Economic growth is often hailed as the ultimate solution to a nation’s most pressing challenges—boosting employment, driving up wages, reducing reliance on social programs, and fostering innovation to maintain global competitiveness. However, not all policies aimed at stimulating growth are created equal.
Hillary Clinton’s proposal to drive economic expansion through minimum wage hikes has drawn sharp criticism from economists who argue that it is not only flawed but also dangerously impractical. While wage increases may offer short-term relief, critics warn that they could stifle job creation, burden small businesses, and ultimately lead to higher consumer prices. Instead of fostering true economic growth, such policies risk triggering unintended consequences that could further deepen income inequality rather than alleviate it.
The debate highlights a deeper ideological battle over how best to achieve sustainable prosperity—through government intervention or market-driven solutions. As the discussion intensifies, the real question remains: Will economic policy be shaped by political expediency or by hard economic realities?
Why This Scientist Says Democrats Must Fight Dirty—or Lose Everything
In the 2016 presidential election, conservatives swallowed their disgust and backed Donald Trump—not because they admired him, but because they saw Hillary Clinton as an existential threat. Meanwhile, Democrats failed to mount a similarly ruthless defense, clinging to outdated notions of fair play while the GOP systematically rigged the system in its favor.
Political scientist David Faris, author of It’s Time to Fight Dirty, argues that Democrats have been bringing a policy debate to a knife fight. For decades, Republicans have exploited constitutional loopholes to seize and cement power: voter suppression laws, extreme gerrymandering, judicial obstruction, and a relentless assault on voting rights. Now, with conservatives poised to lock in control of the Supreme Court for a generation, Faris warns that Democrats can no longer afford to play by the old rules.
The message is clear: either Democrats get aggressive, or they risk permanent political irrelevance. The article’s author contacted Faris to explore his strategy for fighting back.
Focusing on presidential politics
The Democrats face two distinct challenges: their presidential politics are in good shape, but their state-level politics are not. Despite a flawed candidate in a closely divided nation where it’s unusual for a party to hold the presidency for more than two terms, the Democrats nearly won. However, their performance in state elections has been poor. The Republicans control 32 state legislatures, while the Democrats only have 13 (mainly in the northeast, West Coast, and Illinois). The remaining five are evenly split.. Full Story
