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Smart Thought Of The Week: WACO
By The Smart Investor  •  September 14, 2026
What will the US Fed do this week about interest rates? Fed chair Kevin Warsh was full of bravado at the Jackson Hole Symposium in August. He said he was concerned about inflation. But talking about inflation and doing something about it are two very different things. There is every chance that he could chicken out. So, not only do we have TACO man – Trump Always Chickens Out at The White House, but we could be about to see WACO man – Warsh Always Chickens Out at the Federal Reserve. Point is, the predicament that America finds itself in is of Trump’s own making. He bumbled into the Trump tariffs without even checking if it was enforceable. He bumbled into a war with Iran without considering an off-ramp, if things went wrong. And the US-Iran has gone badly wrong for America. Thanks to the bungling Trump presidency, inflation has remained stubbornly high...
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The Smart Investor is co-founded by David Kuo, Joanna Sng, and Chin Hui Leong. The company was formed in late 2019 from the ashes of the Motley Fool Singapore. The Smart Investor believes that everybody can learn how to invest, smartly. We aim to educate people on how to invest smartly by providing investing education, stock commentary and market coverage for Singapore and around the world.
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