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Nike (NKE) is often referred to as a quintessential buy and hold. However, we recently sold a sizable portion of our position in the stock for the BAD BEAT Investing portfolio. The reason we sold the name is not because we do not believe in the company, or that we disagree with the buy and…

Tariff Tough Talk

International trade policy shouldn’t be headline news. We just need stability, so everyone can conduct business—but that’s not where we are. Trade and tariffs are all over the news because President Trump is going after China. This vexes financial markets, which want minimal trade barriers. Regular readers know I’m not a Trump fan… but on…

Milton Friedman: The Way We Talk About Trade Confuses The Issue

Once again, the “mercantilist-in-chief” demonstrates his uninformed and “upside-down” thinking about trade and trade deficits. We’ve heard for years now from Donald Trump about how China has perpetrated one of the “greatest thefts in the history of the world” when it comes to trade with the U.S. His latest Tweets today (above) claim that: a)”We…