The Man With the Most Influence Over Your Portfolio

As we regularly note, many things are out of your control. But it's good to know who the person is that can single-handedly fuel or implode your portfolio in 2025

Dear Reader:

This is the part of the day where we talk about men.

Oh, stop.

Right now, you have an entire city in Washington D.C. on fire over Elon Musk.

His Department of Government Efficiency has set panic across the government, the media, and anyone convinced that we’re about to fall into a techno-dystopia.

I always urge calm because Elon Musk isn’t the man who can currently wreak the most havoc on the economy… or your portfolio.

Chances are… You don’t even know the name of the man with the most influence.

Here come your questions…

“It’s Donald Trump, and I know who Donald Trump is… He’s everywhere right now. It’s a trick question, right?”

It’s not Donald Trump.

After all, he's the President, firing off tweets about tariffs and trade wars that send markets into temporary tailspins.

And, yes, he’s the man sitting in the White House, renaming the Gulf of Mexico and thinking about taking over Greenland… for reasons? But even with the threat tariffs and the questions around government spen…