Posts by: Max Erkiletian

by Max Erkiletian

DOGE Access to U. S. Citizen’s Private Information Blocked – For Now   A new week dawns and depending on your point of view, DOGE has hit another roadblock in its efforts to trim gover... read the story

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Tariff Salvos Fired In U. S. Trade War With Allies President Donald Trump declared economic war on two of America’s closest allies and three largest trading partners thi... read the story

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Death Race Underway for Real Estate Tycoon in Bank Fraud Case A 68-year-old rags-to-riches real estate tycoon is sitting in a jail cell in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam running a $9 bill... read the story

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State of the Dream – An Economic and Personal Finance Perspective – MLK Day 1/20/25 The weather was unusually mild for an August day in 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King took center stage on the steps of t... read the story

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Fed’s Trump Concerns Surface As Debt Ceiling Plans Twist and Turn Donald Trump’s policies are likely to keep inflation high putting a damper on future rate cuts, according to Federal R... read the story

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Physical and Financial Risk of Impending Polar Vortex Get ready for a series of arctic blasts of extreme winter weather triggered by a polar vortex. Consequently, the onslaug... read the story

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Five Ways Trump May Affect Your Financial Life Many professional investors are excited about Trump 2.0. They like Trump’s plans to lower taxes and they are enthu... read the story

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Pharmacy Closures Increase as PBMs Owned by Insurance Companies Grow A few years ago major pharmacies announced plans to move into healthcare by incorporating clinics in stores. However, to... read the story

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Mass Deportation – Part Two: Impact on You and Economy This is part two of a two-part series examining President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to stage a mass deportation of und... read the story

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Mass Deportation – Part One: Devil is in the Details, Cost is Hellish This is part one of a two-part series examining President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to stage a mass deportation of und... read the story