Archive Category: Moneyball's Capitol Gains Trader Archive

This past Sunday, Donald Trump celebrated America’s 250th birthday by hosting “UFC Freedom 250” — an unprecedented evening of combat sports on the White House lawn. It was a divisive event, but it was also a spectacle unlike anything the country has ever seen… B-1B bombers roared by overhead as the United States Marine Band belted out the Stars and Stripes … fireworks blasted out across the national mall to herald the Main Event … and some of the world’s most talented fighters pummeled their opponents in front of a massive audience.

Last October, Bitcoin was riding high at roughly $124,000 per coin. Fast-forward to today, and the world’s premier cryptocurrency has lost nearly half its value — down to roughly $65,000 at the time of writing. And if history is our guide, things could get a lot worse for crypto investors before they start getting better.

During her time in office, Nancy Pelosi has amassed hundreds of millions in stock earnings. And as the latest tax filings from Washington D.C. are starting to show. Other elected officials are also making bank as well — including Cleo Fields of Louisiana, who we’ve covered here in the past. This week, I’d like to check back in with Mr. Fields and take a closer look at some of the latest winning trades.

As of this Friday, it’s official… Kevin Warsh will be sworn in as the new Chairman of the US Federal Reserve.

Look at that chart for long enough, and it starts to feel personal. The blue line — your old friend the S&P 500 — has spent the last 12 months doing what American investors have come to expect from it: climbing, dipping a little in the spring when tariff anxiety hit, then ripping straight back up to close near +24% on the year.