We did it.
Our 47th President of the United States will be Donald Trump.
Donald Trump was my 2nd choice for President in 2016. My first choice was ME!
When I didn’t make it, I endorsed, supported and campaigned for Donald Trump. As President, he exceeded my expectations in implementing the America First policies that were long overdue to truly Make America Great Again.
And now, I believe he can finish what he started.
I surprised most of my friends and some of my enemies in supporting Trump. He often said things that were cringe-worthy, and some of the labels he affixed to political opponents and the media were harsh, if not accurate and incredibly funny.
I didn’t like all his Tweets or his comments from the podium. And when people asked how I could support him I said it was like choosing a doctor to do surgery on a member of my family.
If my choice was between a kind, loving, praying surgeon who had the bedside manner of a pastor but who had never successfully done that particular surgery?
Or a surgeon who was gruff, bombastic, and impatient, and who had the bedside manner of a schoolyard bully but had successfully done that surgery hundreds of times?
I’d pick the guy with the questionable personality but the experienced and skillful surgical hands.
Voting for a President is not like being on a church pulpit committee and hiring a pastor. I select people to work for me who are the best at what they are hired to do.
There was a reason that people were lined up on the sidewalk to get soup from “Soup Man” that we all saw on Jerry Seinfeld. The soup was good, even if “Soup Man” was an insufferable grouch.
There were some very fine people running for President in 2024, but I personally supported President Trump so he can finish what he started during his first term.
He accomplished more to make America Great Again than any President in my lifetime — and that goes back to Eisenhower.
But no President helped the country steer away from the insanity of socialist economics and insane policies on energy, the military and the proper role of the courts as did Donald Trump.
His tax and regulatory reforms put more than $4,000 in the pockets of working-class families.
His energy policies provided us with affordable energy for our cars and homes and made us energy-independent over Middle Eastern countries that hated us for the first time in 75 years.
His “tough love” to European nations who were derelict in paying their agreed-to dues for NATO actually saved NATO.
He was the first President since Reagan to NOT get us into a war, yet he advanced the pay and benefits of our military and focused on our armed forces being lethal instead of being woke.
NO President ever did more for religious liberty than Donald Trump.
NO President was ever as pro-life as he was, not just in what he said, but in what he actually DID.
And he had the guts to move our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, recognize it as the rightful capital of the Jewish state and enact the ground-breaking Abraham Accords.
Donald Trump is far from perfect, but then so am I. And so are you. But I love my country and I don’t want it to be in second place or third. I want it to be FIRST.
And we just took the first steps in making it happen.
Director, Prosperity Research
Pollsters Miss, Trump Wins: What This Election Means for the Stock Market
They had the presidential election as a “toss-up” right until the polls closed last night.
There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that President Trump would be elected.
I had no doubt he would win and shared my prediction with my team back in May 2024.
All I did was connect the dots … nothing more complicated than that.
The reason I was so confident was I was listening to what my fellow Americans were saying.
When I spoke with friends, family members, and colleagues — I heard a lot of pain and anxiety … regardless of where they were on the social or economic ladder.
As a teenager during the Carter years (1976-1980), I felt despair, doubt and anxiety all around me, especially when my mother came home from the supermarket.
Inflation was destroying my dad’s paycheck while food prices were rising. She was finding it hard to feed her family.
And right now, many Americans are deeply concerned about high inflation, housing affordability, illegal immigration and national security.
As an American and New Yorker, that kind of sums up how I’ve been feeling the past few years.
I wasn’t the only one. My friends and family members felt the same way.
Four years ago, the price of a dozen eggs was around $1.50. Under the Biden administration, the price had more than doubled to $3.00.
When food prices rise, the person behind the Resolute Desk at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue should start packing their bags.
As the campaign wrapped up, Trump echoed President Reagan’s famous question from 1980, “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”
Over 71 million Americans, including me, answered, “No.”
Not only did President Trump win the electoral vote, he also won the popular vote.
It was the first time in 20 years that a Republican won the popular vote.
Now that President Trump will be our 47th president … no matter your political leanings, we all need to support him. Because at the end of the day, we are all in this together.
Investing Success Isn’t About Who’s in Office: Here’s What Really Drives Market Returns
Many so-called financial “experts” will tell you to adjust your portfolio now that a Republican is back in the White House. My advice? Ignore them.
Already, I’m seeing things like “three trades that will soar when Trump returns to office” and “the stock to own after the election.” Don’t fall for it.
Here’s the Real Talk: Investing based on politics is a losing game.
If there’s someone out there with a 30-year winning record who trades based on politics, let me know. In my 40-year career, I’ve never found one.
Since 1948, if you invested only when a Republican was president, a $10,000 investment would’ve grown to $311,000. Under Democratic presidents, that $10,000 would’ve grown to $1.2 million.
But if you simply stayed invested through both, your $10,000 would’ve grown to over $37 million.
So, next time an “expert” tells you how to adjust your portfolio based on politics, show them this chart.
The biggest risk you take is doing something foolish — like selling your stocks because you don’t like who’s in office.
Look at the facts:
- When Walmart went public in 1970, President Nixon was president.
- When Amazon went public in 1997, President Clinton was president.
- When Microsoft went public in 1986, President Reagan was president.
Did it really matter if the president was a Republican or Democratic? Not at all.
If you’d invested in any of these companies, you’d be sitting on millions today.
The bottom line: A stock is a piece of a business, and in the long run, stock prices follow the growth of the business. That’s why I focus on buying quality businesses at attractive prices.
That’s the real way to build wealth in the stock market.
Regards,
Charles Mizrahi
Founder, Alpha Investor
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