Juggling Dynamite

It’s an especially confusing time for investors. On one hand, the US economy is showing signs of slowing, with a negative growth for Q1 GDP, and mounting evidence that many corporations and consumer households are feeling the pinch of higher borrowing costs. On the other hand, FOMO Is returning to the stock market as corporate earnings look solid, tariffs tensions ease somewhat, and optimism over the longer term likely positive impact the Trump Adminstration’s business-friendly policies will  have on the economy. So, which is more warranted here: optimism or pessimism? Here is a direct video link.

Resource-rich Alberta has long been hailed as the economic engine of Canada. But is it? Andrew Chang breaks down the province’s biggest contributions and how they stack up against the rest of the country. Here is a direct video link.

Also see, This Alberta solar field is becoming a high-tech hobby farm on the side.

As I feared, DOGE has drastically undershot its targeted spending cuts. It’s hard to reduce overhead without the political will to reduce corporate subsidies and reform entitlement programs in a meaningful way. At the same time, the masses want tax cuts. The math is not mathing.

Elon Musk is done with the Department of Government Efficiency. The agency claims to have saved taxpayers more than $170 billion with its aggressive cost-cutting. Did DOGE live up to Musk’s promises? Here is a direct video link.