Everybody Trades

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Turns out, "fiscal conservatives" are better off when a Democrat is president. Are Trump voters happy with how he handled COVID-19? Budget data: https://tinyurl.com/2p87tajx *** YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4f9dme82 Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

I'm back, and I'm more optimistic than ever before. Get ready for more regular E.T. content. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

If Bitcoin is ever going to become real money, it has one problem I'm not sure it can solve. Plus, was "Tulipmania" a symptom or the disease? *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

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With no place to call home, Trump voters MUST join the Libertarian Party. Think fast: What is the No. 1 issue the GOP has championed during the Biden administration? [Crickets] If American needs to be "great again", we must understand what made it great in the first place. #MAGA voters and their values are openly hated by D.C. Republicans. Plus, a quick update on Bitcoin and Coinbase. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

If everybody who was currently happy with their job could keep it forever, that would be a utopia, right? *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

I'm bullish on $COIN. "Day trading" is alluring, but investing is much easier. Plus, your posture and body language while looking at your smartphone say a lot about what it's doing to your brain and mood. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

You might think, sure, the market is helpful; technological innovation, for instance. But when it comes to "the big stuff", that is when we need central planning! However, it turns out, free trade actually solves humanity's most complicated problems, often invisibly. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Accessing what I got right and wrong about Covid-19. Plus, is inflation back, and if so, why? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

What's the deal with GameStop, and should you buy it, sell it, or neither? Plus, short selling explained, and the ultimate "rigging" is revealed. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Can you separate free thought from free trade? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

With new circumstances, I must modify an old rule of thumb for new traders. Plus, where have all the adults gone? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

We should all stop yelling at "the news"; they are just workin' us, brother. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Continuing the theme from last week, let's look at some concrete examples of an overly frightened population leading to immoral policies. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

A frightened society is a morally malleable society. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Why do "the terrorists" hate us? Is it American decadence? Christianity & Judaism vs. Islam? Or do "some men just want to watch the world burn"? There is a lot of confusion about Middle East politics, and as usual, I'm here to clarify. bin Laden's "letter to America": https://tinyurl.com/ndnd4kr *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

If all cultures have their own version of religion, what happens psychologically when humans generally reject the spiritual notion of "God" and instead embrace ostensible deities on Earth? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

It looks like another trillion-dollar-plus stimulus is headed our way. What will this do for the stock market and Americans in general? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

How do investors hedge against the possibility of failing, fiat currencies? What is a "fiat" currency? I have actionable advice. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

How can the United States right the wrongs of the past without aggressing upon anyone in the present or future? I'm so happy you asked, because I have an excellent solution. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

If this COVID shutdown doesn't prove that we take free trade for granted, I don't know what does. Americans have received more money from Treasury, but have they received more value? Finally, there is still mental and physical value in doing some things yourself. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Dr. Anthony Fauci said, "I don't give advice about economic things." How can that possibly be true when 30-plus million Americans are unemployed? Plus, more thoughts on "one size fits all" via ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Was Joe Exotic a "Libertarian", or just an asshole? Let's clarify what liberty is, and just as importantly, what is it not. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

What can STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION teach us about groupthink? Listen to the podcast to find out; resistance is futile. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

A forced shutdown of the economy threatens to cost thousands of livestock their lives for no reason. Fortunately, it's not too late. But we need to clearly understand the nature of the problem. Plus, manage your notifications, manage your sanity. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Don't let the "encyclopedia in your pocket" become your instant-gratification center/security blanket. Humans are wired to make themselves as comfortable as possible, but at what point have we gone too far? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Why are people suddenly concerned that free trade cannot beat "slave labor"? You do not beat foreign political aggression with domestic political aggression. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Updates on Covid-19, the market, the bailout bill, and more. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

I'm no medical expert, but as a trader/investor, I'm forced to make educated guesses about COVID-19 and, at the very least, its effect on human behavior and investments. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Again, I'm not sounding an "all clear", but I would not bet on nuclear winter either. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

After a vicious two-week selloff, I give my thoughts on the stock market and the coronavirus. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

How much leeway should we give to supposedly "good intentions"? Frederick Douglass cared not for anyone's intentions, and simply wanted to be left alone politically. Perhaps Washington D.C. should finally listen to him? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Sure, our kids can't read or do math, but that misses the point! The important thing is they KNOW they government is "indivisible"! Plus, is secession automatically a racist notion?

What is more risky: stocks or bonds? Diversification ain't what it used to be. Is your accountant working for you or against you? Finally, my take on the 2020 election and its effect on investments. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

In America, we generally don't haggle much. But make no mistake: There is a never-ending, unseen haggling process that is a huge part of the reason we have such abundance.

Was the Irish Potato Famine a "market failure"? How do we avoid a similar calamity? Are people going to run out of food someday? Plus, Conan O'Brien's ghost crooner, Artie Kendall, makes three appearances.

The Cheez-It ad about "running out of cheese" is clearly tongue-in-cheek, but why is our cheese supply seemingly unlimited? What creates this abundance? Also, "cheese" is not the ingredient the Kellog Company should be worried about.

As usual, the "news" out of D.C. regarding any foreign-policy event is entirely skewed in D.C.'s favor. Turns out, Iraq may not be the "beacon of democracy" that we were promised. The burden of proof must always be on the war interventionists. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Are humans "not a peaceful species"? Also, no early Christmas presents, dammit! *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

How have millennial money managers changed the stock market? Ultimately, who is in charge: producers or consumers? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

For better or worse, humans will adapt to almost anything. Why do we accept some ideas that clearly do not work? What freedom is, and what it is not. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Many say Social Security is NOT socialism because “we paid into it.” How does that logic stand up to scrutiny? Where do the “gains” of the system come from?

In "Wet Hare", Bugs Bunny asks a pertinent question to a dam builder: "What gives you the right?" *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Let's answer, "Without government, who would build the roads?" once and for all. In "No Parking Hare", Bugs Bunny shows the proper disdain for eminent domain. Instead of taxpayers (essentially, everybody) being forced to subsidize new products, why not let the wealthy freely be our guinea pigs? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

While classic journalistic ethics would have newspapermen "speak truth to power", it seems that bromide often does not apply to police and other authorities. When a person is initially smeared by an incorrect report, the correction is rarely what the general public remembers. How do we solve this problem? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

We are well over a week into this NBA-China story, and somehow, people are still confused about this rather simple dynamic. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

Meanwhile, SOUTH PARK takes that boot, turns it sideways, and sticks it straight up Xi Jinping's candy ass. Can free expression and free trade be separated? I "love China" too, but the people and the government are not the same thing. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

For as much as we trust politicians, they must be better people than the masses, right? In this episode, I explore the nature of political power and natural power via the Stanford Prison Experiment and the classic SIMPSONS episode "Separate Vocations". *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

The mainstream media and history always use Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as their economic metric of choice; what is GDP, and does it actually tell us anything? Plus, did World War 2 really end The Great Depression? And if so, does that mean Thanos (from THE AVENGERS) was right? Naomi Brockwell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSuHzQ3GrHSzoBbwrIq3LLA THE BITCOIN STANDARD: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+bitcoin+standard&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=241646740483&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8418363212354790319&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1020268&hvtargid=kwd-380765199490&ref=pd_sl_5qpegdfty3_e&hydadcr=21900_10170863&gclid=CjwKCAjwq4fsBRBnEiwANTahcC6ELAaVBi2FZooOUgRFi3kzCoI_iisO5kKBFdacDMkqctAMdhVCshoCL98QAvD_BwE *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com