BREAKING: Total US production of crude oil and petroleum products rose by +254,000 barrels per day in April, to a record 21.84 million barrels per day.
YoY, total production surged +1.01 million barrels per day, or +4.9%.
Crude oil production alone increased by +216,000 barrels per day in April, to a record 13.93 million barrels per day.
Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, total US petroleum output has QUADRUPLED.
Over the same period, crude oil production has soared +250%.
US oil production is booming.
JD is the responsible one here, He's doing it right by just owning the market overall as a representative of the country. Trump profiting off a meme coin in office is embarrasing. Also not good to be investing in individual names while conducting policy that directly impacts those names. Even if you like trump on other policies, you should be able to admit that.
If you struggle with money and never fix it…
Your kids will inherit the consequences of your decisions.
Not just financially.
Emotionally.
They’ll inherit the stress.
The arguments.
The scarcity mindset.
The belief that money is always a problem.
The greatest financial gift you can give your children isn’t an inheritance.
It’s changing your family tree while they’re still watching.
A 25-year old married couple earning $150k will pay over $3k more in federal income tax in 2026 than a 65-year old married couple with the same income.
(note: assumes no social security - 65-year old couple is waiting to age 70 to get max benefit).
This is a fair tax policy?
Investing doesn't become really fun until you have at least $500,000 invested...
+1% in a day is $5,000 ...
That's how much most people make per month...
According to government data-
The purchasing power of $100,000 in the year 2000 is now the equivalent of around $50,000 today.
The value of your money has been cut in half.
BofAI: Household deposit balances rose across all income groups in early 2026, boosted partly by larger tax refunds, with the biggest relative increases for lower-income households
The Most Important Financial Decisions You'll Ever Make Have Very Little To Do With Money...
• The person you choose to marry.
• The way you care for your health.
• How you spend your free time.
• Who you spend your time with.
Nothing is more expensive than bad habits and bad company.
The Fed expanded the money supply by over $9 trillion under Jerome Powell.
Inflation has averaged >4% per year over the past 6 years.
Powell's explanation? It was nearly all due to rolling “supply shocks" over which the Fed has no control.
The truth: this inflation was made in Washington as it always is - from too much government borrowing/spending and too much government creation of money.