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What Happened to Our Money

When the Fed monkeys with interest rates, it blindfolds the economy, spins it around, and puts banana peels along the path where it encourages it to go.

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JD Breen
Aug 29, 2025
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Athens, GA

August 28, 2025

Labor Day weekend is upon us. When markets open Tuesday, they’ll welcome what historically is the most tumultuous time of year.

September, as Mark Twain allegedly observed, is the most dangerous month to speculate in stocks… “along with July, January, April, November, May, March, October, June, December, August – and February.”

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