No Spin News - Weekend Edition - February 22, 2025

Summary

Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis: Weekend Edition – February 22, 2025

Release Date: February 22, 2025

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Overview

In this episode of "No Spin News Weekend Edition," host Bill O’Reilly delves into critical topics affecting America, including government spending and fraud under the Trump administration, a severe measles outbreak in West Texas, the escalating obesity crisis, and the state of the stock market under different presidential administrations. The episode features insightful discussions with Dr. Veramique Duriji, a senior researcher at the Mercatus Center, dietitian Scott Keatley, and investment expert Alexander Green from the Oxford Club.

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1. Government Spending and Fraud Under the Trump Administration

Guest: Dr. Veramique Duriji, George Gibbs Chairwoman in Political and Economy, Mercatus Center

Key Discussions:

• Reduction in Government Spending: Dr. Duriji expresses optimism regarding President Trump's focus on cutting government spending and combating fraud and abuse. She highlights that improper payments have been scrutinized, revealing that 95% are overpayments amounting to $236 billion annually.

  "Improper payment is $236 billion a year. And fraud, actual fraud, which is nobody." (02:57)

• Political Polarization: The conversation touches on the polarization hindering bipartisan efforts to address government inefficiencies. Dr. Duriji points out that both Trump and Elon Musk face opposition not because of their policies but due to the current highly polarized climate.

  "I think right now everyone is so polarized that whatever it is Trump or Musk do, I mean, people are against it..." (03:33)

• Waste vs. Fraud: Dr. Duriji emphasizes the need to distinguish between wasteful spending and actual fraud. She argues that what some may perceive as waste often has justifications rooted in special interests and political agendas.

  "Waste is in the eye of the beholder... there's a special interest behind it..." (05:01)

• Impact on the Democratic Party: The host and Dr. Duriji discuss how the Democratic Party's opposition to government accountability measures may be detrimental. They suggest that collaboration, rather than adversarial stances, would better serve the American public.

  "I think it's not controversial that we have an enormous debt problem... they're not working along with Musk..." (06:51)

Notable Quotes:

• Dr. Duriji on Government Efficiency:

  "In 2025, someone is looking at improper payments, 95% of it, which are overpayments." (02:57)

• Host on Republican Fiscal Responsibility:

  "The Republicans went into the spending spree. Now it seems like the GOP wants to come back a little." (04:53)

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2. Measles Outbreak and Obesity Crisis

Guests: Scott Keatley, Dietitian and Nutritionist

Key Discussions:

• Measles Outbreak in West Texas: The episode highlights a severe measles outbreak in Gaines County, West Texas, with 48 total cases among children aged 5 to 17. The high rate of vaccine exemptions (8% in kindergarten) is identified as a significant risk factor.

  "Gaines County, 48 total cases. Kids 5 to 17 getting a measle. It could kill you and scar you for life." (09:34)

• Obesity Epidemic: Scott Keatley discusses the alarming rise in obesity rates, citing a jump from 30% to 40% among American adults over 25 years. He attributes this to poor dietary habits and the proliferation of junk food.

  "In the United States in 2000, 25 years ago, 30% of adults were obese. Now it's 40%, 10% rise." (10:00)

• Government Regulation on Food: The discussion touches on the need for stricter government regulations on food labeling, akin to warning labels on cigarettes. Keatley advocates for clear definitions of ultra-processed foods to help consumers make informed choices.

  "We need to define ultra processed foods and put those labels right on the front for people." (15:53)

• Socioeconomic Factors: Keatley emphasizes that socioeconomic status plays a crucial role in dietary choices. Limited financial resources and time constrain individuals' ability to choose healthier options, leading to reliance on inexpensive, unhealthy fast food.

  "If you don't have a whole lot of money, you probably don't have a whole lot of time... you can sit there and I can sit there and we can look at these labels..." (16:30)

Notable Quotes:

• Scott Keatley on Junk Food:

  "These companies have been working for 50 or 60 years on formulations of stuff, and it looks good when you, when you see these interesting colors? You want to eat it." (12:02)

• Host on Government Intervention:

  "I want warning labels just like on cigarette packs. Is that food police craziness?" (15:43)

• Scott Keatley on Socioeconomic Impact:

  "You're probably working a job or two, jobs that are not the greatest in the world... when you get home late at night, you got to put something on the table." (18:16)

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3. Stock Market Analysis Under Biden and Trump Administrations

Guest: Alexander Green, Oxford Club President

Key Discussions:

• Stock Market Performance: Alexander Green provides a detailed analysis of the stock market's performance under President Biden and the early signs under President Trump. He explains that the initial recovery in the stock market during Biden’s term was not due to his policies but a rebound from previous economic downturns.

  "But it wasn't due to Joe Biden. It was a recovery from Bidenomics..." (24:12)

• Impact of Bidenomics: Green criticizes Biden's economic policies, attributing the high inflation and interest rates to massive deficit spending and excessive regulations that hampered the oil and gas industry.

  "Biden caused a lot of damage with his regulations which shackled the oil and gas industry..." (22:42)

• Trump's Economic Policies: Under Trump, deregulation, tax cuts, and support for the private sector are highlighted as positive drivers for economic growth and stock market performance. Green remains optimistic about the future, predicting continued growth and innovation, especially with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI).

  "Cutting tax rates, deregulating, unshackling the domestic oil and gas industry, cutting the waste, fraud and abuse, these are all positive things for the economy." (26:00)

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Future Investments: Green emphasizes the transformative role of AI in enhancing productivity across various sectors. He foresees AI becoming integral to education, business, and healthcare, presenting substantial investment opportunities.

  "AI is a very big deal because it's going to increase productivity... it's just that imperative." (28:21)

• Investment Strategies and Risks: The discussion also covers the inherent risks in the stock market, including volatility and the potential for both gains and losses. Green advises a balanced approach, citing that even seasoned investors experience losing positions.

  "If you're going to invest in stocks, you're going to have winners and you're going to have losers." (30:19)

Notable Quotes:

• Alexander Green on Market Recovery:

  "By 2023 and 2024, sales were up, profits were up, and the stock market was up again." (24:12)

• Green on AI’s Importance:

  "AI is going to increase productivity... it's even bigger right now." (28:21)

• Host on Market Volatility:

  "Every day when I check, it's up, it's down, it's in, it's out. I mean, this isn't..." (24:45)

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4. Closing Remarks

In the concluding segments, O'Reilly emphasizes the importance of financial prudence and staying informed through his newsletter. He underscores the significance of personal health, financial security, and adaptability in the face of evolving technological and economic landscapes.

"The most important thing in your life, beside family, friends and your physical health, taking care of yourself, is your money." (19:46)

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Conclusion

This episode of "No Spin News Weekend Edition" offers a comprehensive exploration of pressing issues from government fiscal policies to public health crises and economic trends. Through expert interviews and insightful discussions, Bill O’Reilly provides listeners with a clear-eyed analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing America in early 2025.

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Notable Timestamps:

• Government Spending Discussion: 01:07 - 07:49
• Measles Outbreak & Obesity Crisis: 09:34 - 19:42
• Stock Market Analysis: 19:46 - 31:01

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Transcript

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[Unknown Host]

Welcome to the no spin News Weekend Edition.

Joining us now from Arlington, Virginia, is Dr. Veramique Duriji. She is the George Gibbs chairwoman in political and economy and senior research at the Mercatus center, which is a libertarian think tank. I think I have that all that. Dr. You're at George Mason University in Virginia. They don't fund you, but that's where your office is, right? So far do I have it?

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

You're exactly correct, unlike many people.

[Unknown Host]

Okay. So when you're watching this from afar, not too far, you're right across the Potomac. Is Trump doing anything wrong here, in your opinion?

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

Listen, I was excited to see something I was not expecting with the election of President Trump is that government spending was going to be and cutting government spending in ways fraud, abuse was going to be elevated to such a high national level. And that's a good thing. I mean, in the last eight years, we haven't talked about cutting spending as you've laid out. We should be really concerned about it. And it just, it's been on the back burner. No one is scared. And certainly the Department of Government Efficiency has elevated the profile of this especially I think it is important. And finally, in 2025, someone is looking at improper payments, 95% of it, which are overpayments. And, and, and we're talking, it's like, you know, like improper payment is $236 billion a year. And fraud, actual fraud, which is nobody.

[Unknown Host]

Disputes that, by the way. Nobody disputes it. No one disputes what you're saying. They just don't like Elon Musk.

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

Yes. And so I mean, and it's worth kind of. I was actually shocked by these numbers. Improper payment I had been following, but fraud only what I know. And it was been projected in 2023 could have been north of $500 billion. This is not nothing. And this is something that should be non controversial. Going after this.

[Unknown Host]

Why do you think, why do you think it's controversial? Why is Elon Musk controversial?

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

I think right now everyone is so polarized that whatever it is Trump or Musk do, I mean, people are against it if you're going to be against something, but it's not controversial. I mean the Government Accountability Office puts out reports about improper payments and about fraud and fraud. Obviously they tell you this is only what they know.

[Unknown Host]

And the problem, where do they get into the Defense Department and the Department of Education? Oh my God, where do they see that? But we have now the Democratic Party pretty much opposing the Doge office. And they're using civil liberties, classified information, they're using all that, but they don't want this. And historically, ever Since World War II, Democrats have run on entitlements, major spending. They're not the cutback party where the Republicans used to be the fiscally responsible, but then they, after 9, 11, forget it. The Republicans went into the spending spree. Now it seems like the GOP wants to come back a little. Is that your assessment?

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

I didn't hear your last sentence.

[Unknown Host]

Is that your assessment that the go ahead.

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

It's my assessment, but I think we also, we need to be careful in making a difference between what is improper payment and fraud and what is and what we call waste. Because in a way, if you think about it, waste is in the eye of the beholder, right? I mean a lot of the government spending that you and I may call waste, actually there's a special interest behind it and there's a politician's who could justify it and says this is why I think we should be doing this. And this is not at all waste. Right. And this is where I think that the Dodge people may run into a little trouble if they don't do more explaining about why they consider that some of this spending.

[Unknown Host]

That's a good point. That's a good point. But when you see $50 million going to Burma for some kind of DEI program, Americans are not going to get back. Nobody's going to be able to explain that. I know what it's about. It's about bribing the government.

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

This has been legally appropriated By Congress. Right. I mean that said, I mean I guess I should.

[Unknown Host]

No, they didn't appropriate that considering the agencies. They didn't appropriate. They gave the money to the usaid but they didn't say give it a Burma. That's what people don't understand. Congress doesn't micromanage the spending. Okay, you're absolutely correct. The heads of the departments, they tell the people where the money's going. Congress just gives them the lump sum. Last word on this. I think this is hurting the Democratic Party. I think most Americans are willing to overlook some of Elon Musk's pomposity if he can get results. But the Democratic Party is going all in to try to discredit the whole thing. I think that's a mistake. Your opinion.

[Dr. Veramique Duriji]

I think, I think it's a mistake that they're not working along with Musk because I think it's not, it should be non controversial that we have an enormous debt problem. And it's also not controversial that there's a lot that needs to be done. And by not working, by just being adversarial, they're not preventing some of the problems that Musk may be having. Like for instance there was like he put out a table on Social Security being paid to a lot of people that probably have been dead for 150 years. And some serious analysts have said it's weird because it doesn't actually quite. Not that they weren't trusting Musk finding but they were wondering whether some of it was his teams not understanding the way things were reported. There's a lot of collaboration that could exist to actually make this government run better. And by just being adversarial we're not doing things that the American public deserves.

[Unknown Host]

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Measles. So there's a big outbreak in West Texas, and this is pretty vicious. Gaines County, 48 total cases. Kids 5 to 17 getting a measle. It could kill you and scar you for life. 8% of kindergarten kids in Gaines county had vaccine exemptions. You can get a vaccine exemption, all right. And if you do, then you're more likely to get measles. Enter RFK Jr. Who's already in as a Health and Human Services secretary. And he's an anti vax guy. Don't expect him to do that while he's in office. I don't. There'll be so much outrage if he does. I think he's going to just put that in the bottom drawer. But one thing he has to do, because he promised to do it and it's the only reason he was there, is regulate the food in America. Now, you've heard some people say, oh, I don't want the food police. You need the food police because if you don't have them, you're going to die a painful death much earlier than you would have if the food police were out and about. So joining us out of New York City is a dietitian and nutritionist named Scott Keatley, who follows this very closely. So I been on a jihad to alert Americans about sugar, the deleterious effects, and other junk food, which leads to obesity and diabetes and all kinds of disease. And the stats are unbelievable. I just threw them here, but let me pick them up. So in the United States in 2000, 25 years ago, 30% of adults were obese. Now it's 40%, 10% rise. And that's all bad diet, right?

[Scott Keatley]

Absolutely. That's coming from consuming too many calories, not expending enough. We're eating way more junk food than we ever had.

[Unknown Host]

Why are we reading? Why? Everybody knows junk food is bad for you. Why are we eating more? Why?

[Scott Keatley]

Bill, it's delicious. I mean, it absolutely is. These companies have been working for 50 or 60 years on formulations of stuff, and it looks good when you, when you See these interesting colors? You want to eat it? It tastes good. It's got a lot of kids.

[Unknown Host]

Kids would fall for that. But adults, I mean, they know that they're. Look, cigarette smoking is a narcotic. It makes you calm down. But the government has succeeded in knocking out most cigarette smoking in this country by scaring people. That's what they did. Right? And it worked.

[Scott Keatley]

They definitely scared people. But what we did is we replaced cigarettes with something else. If you look at all the scare tactics around cigarettes, at the same time, you've got the rise of orange mocha frappuccinos from Starbucks. So we replaced a lot of those cigarettes with food.

[Unknown Host]

And that's a good point. But still, Americans aren't that cognizant of what they're doing, in my opinion, because. And then they go to the doctor and they get the blood test, and they're type 2 diabetes diabetic already, and they're 40, 50 pounds overweight.

[Scott Keatley]

And they're absolutely not. They're. They're not paying attention to what they're putting in their body because you have to do it every day, three or four times a day.

[Unknown Host]

And I'm not a cook, see, I don't cook. So I gotta figure out what I'm gonna eat. And 90% of my options are bad.

[Scott Keatley]

Yes.

[Unknown Host]

I mean, unless I want just broccoli. And you can't put any butter on it or legumes, you know, but if I want a steak, that's bad. If I want pasta, that's bad. So I think people give up because they're just. If you.

[Scott Keatley]

If you go out there onto the Internet, and you spoke about this earlier, if you go out there onto the Internet, you will find every level of. Of crazy and everything in between. And so you'll find people who are saying, steak's the worst thing for you and butter is the worst thing for you. And then people on the other side will say, well, well, don't eat any fruit because that's bad for you. And it becomes maddening out there.

[Alexander Green]

But let me stop.

[Scott Keatley]

You listed are excellent for you.

[Unknown Host]

Let me stop. What is the truth about fruit? So I like a glass of orange juice in the morning or grapefruit juice. I thought it was healthy, and now it's not. Because it's got sugar in it. Right?

[Scott Keatley]

So there's going to be sugar in stuff, but it's the natural sugar versus the added sugar. So if you're.

[Unknown Host]

What's the difference? What's the difference?

[Scott Keatley]

So molecularly, there's no difference, but it's what you're expecting. So if you're drinking orange juice and it's great orange juice from south Florida, that's, you know, nothing in it other than just juice. It's. It's got a certain amount of sugar in it. But if you get the cheaper stuff, it's going to have an extra 5 or 10 grams of sugar. But you don't even really perceive that. You just know.

[Unknown Host]

I look at the label, though. I look at every label of what I put into my body. Look, you'd be surprised at how old I am. I got the same waist size I had in college. But it ain't easy. Okay? Is not easy because there's a craving for dessert. I eat a couple of desserts a week, all right? I'm not a Spartan, but when I'm drinking my orange juice, I'm going, I think this is okay. But I'm not sure. So what I want, and I'm probably wrong on this, is the government to take a more proactive approach and almost put warning labels on the soft drinks that have 80 grams of sugar in them. I want warning labels just like on a cigarette packs. Is that food police craziness?

[Scott Keatley]

That is not food police craziness. I think that we really need to define ultra processed foods and put those labels right on the front for people.

[Unknown Host]

Why haven't they done it then? With obesity at 40% 40 for American adults? Come on. Why haven't the government done.

[Scott Keatley]

You got to follow the money. There's very, very powerful people and very powerful companies out there that put a lot of money into the pockets of people that represent us. And this is not just a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. This is an everybody issue because food is so prevalent. And we've got to have people that are making decisions who say, I don't want your money. I'm going to make decisions based on stuff that's good for the American people.

[Unknown Host]

All right? And there's one thing else, a lot of people I'm generalizing here who are grossly overweight, obese, are poor. No, I have a lot of money and the fast food stuff is cheap. Does that play into it?

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[Scott Keatley]

So socioeconomic status definitely plays into it. If you don't have a whole lot of. If you don't have a whole lot of money, you probably don't have a whole lot of time. And I know that goes against what some people think. People think people are just sitting around doing nothing. But you're probably working a job or two, jobs that are not the greatest in the world. And so you can sit there and I can sit there and we can look at these labels, but other people don't necessarily have that time. And when you get home late at night, you got to put something on the table, right, kids?

[Unknown Host]

It's convenient. You're tired. I can drive through the window, they throw the bag at me and it's garbage. All right, I hope RFK Jr. That's the, you know, if he makes it a campaign and really wages this an aggressive way, he'll save a lot of lives. And we appreciate your time very much tonight, Scott. Thank you. Okay. And I do that segment because I, we want you guys to be healthy. You know, I've seen it. I know what it, I know what diabetes is. I don't have it, thank God. But it is in my DNA and I gotta tamp it down like crazy because a lot of it's heredity and I'm not out in, you know, riding horseback for five hours a day and doing all that stuff. I'm sitting on my butt talking to you guys. So. But I don't want, I don't, I, I just, I want everybody to be as Healthy as they can be.

This is the no Spin News, Weekend Edition.

The most important thing in your life, beside family, friends and your physical health, taking care of yourself, is your money. Why? Because we live in a capitalistic society where the competition for money is intense. There are ways to make money outside of corporations, outside of entrepreneurship. You've got to be very, very careful. The stock market is very, very risky. Gold and silver, very risky, but it can pay off. We take American Hartford Gold, been our sponsor for, I don't know, eight, nine years. Eight years. And I do business with the Oxford Club, which is an investment company. It puts out a newsletter, and that's the only newsletter I get because the others, I don't trust them. Oxford Club has made me money overall. It's lost me money, too, when they recommend a stock that goes down, which is going to happen if you go into the market. Now, why am I telling you all this in a Smart Life segment? Because now there's a transition between a heavily regulated government, Joe Biden, and a robust, let's say, capitalist, Donald Trump, who doesn't want government regulation. He wants all of this stuff to be in the marketplace. However, Trump's a big tariff guy, all right, and that's scaring people. And then there's AI, which is coming in big time. And then there's crypto. So the average American who, and I work hard for my money, I bet you do, too. We don't know what to do under the Trump economy. Joining us now is a man who I do business with and I recently did a major interview with him for the Oxford Club, Alexander Green. He's living large in the Bahamas, celebrating his anniversary. And you know, when you're a capitalist and you do well, you can go to the Bahamas. Right, and pay all that hotel tariff out there. But anyway, I think I've set you up in a way that that's fair. And I want people to be very, very cautious. I'm a conservative investor. As you know, I've known Alex Now I early 90s, so 30 years almost. So look, first question. The stock market was pretty good under Biden. Why?

[Alexander Green]

Well, let's be clear that the last two years of the stock market, 2023, 2024 were good under Biden. Let's go a little further back. 2022, when Bidenomics had a chance to kick in. Remember, he's elected in 2020. He starts implementing his plans in 2022-21. By 2022, we have the highest inflation in more than 40 years. We have interest Rates that have soared. And the the stock market, the s and P500, declined 19% in 2022. The Nasdaq lost a third of its value. The bond market, with interest rates soaring, had its worst year in over a hundred years. And even a conservative diversified portfolio, 60% stocks, 40% bonds, had its worst year since 1940, pre World War II. So Biden caused a lot of damage with his regulations which shackled the oil and gas industry and businesses everywhere. His massive multi trillion dollar deficit spending, which he was warned even by liberal economists like Larry Summers, you're going to stoke the highest inflation we've seen since the 1980s. And that's exactly what we saw. But business is resilient, business is adaptable. And by the 2023 and 2024, sales were up, profits were up, and the stock market was up again. But it wasn't due to Joe Biden. It was a recovery from Bidenomics, which even the Biden administration had to stop using because it had such a negative connotation.

[Scott Keatley]

Right.

[Unknown Host]

And one of the big things was it started to again and the oil harvesting got ramped up. And this is from Mr. Global Warming. Now, Trump has been in office 31 days. The Dow is up 1.2%, 531 points. NASDAQ up to 85, 1.4%. But every day when I check, it's up, it's down, it's in, it's out. I mean, this isn't. Anything could happen. And that worries me as an investor. How do I get over that worry?

[Alexander Green]

Well, you begin to get over it by recognizing that volatility is the norm. I mean, stock markets, if you could get the kind of superior returns that equities deliver with the smooth upward climb of a passbook savings account, everybody would have all their monies in equity. Volatility is really just the price of admission when you own stocks. But let me also say, Bill, remember the market started to take off before Trump took office. When the election results came in and they saw that Kamala Harris was not going to be the victor and Donald Trump was going to be the new president, stocks took off immediately. Why did they take off? Because not only was it not the end of democracy, as we were told in some quarters, but people know that Trump is a businessman and he knows that wealth is created in the private sector, not in the public sector. The private sector is where innovation happen. It's where productivity happens. And administration has policies that can either provide a headwind, which makes it tougher for businesses to grow and Investors to get ahead or a tailwind, which makes it easier for businesses to prosper and for investors as well. And what Trump wants to do by cutting both the corporate individual tax rates, putting money in consumers pockets and giving companies more money to spend on research and development and new factories and new distribution channels and hire more employees and pay higher wages and better benefits, those are all positive for the economy. His policy of killing 10 regulations for every new one created, hugely positive. I remember a bank president saying one time that he was hiring more compliance officers than he was loan officers. Why? Because the government set so many regulations. The bank was scared to death it wasn't going to comply with all these regulations. And what does it do? It raises interest rates, it cuts into profits, it hurts stock market returns. So cutting interest rates or excuse me, cutting tax rates, deregulating, unshackling the domestic oil and gas industry, cutting the waste, fraud and abuse, these are all positive things for the economy. And that means it's positive for the stock market. Because if consumers are spending, if they're confident they're spending and if they're spending, it's adding to corporate sales and ultimately corporate earnings. So I think that we're going to see a wonderful economy and stock market in the over the next four years.

[Unknown Host]

Okay. But remember now that most Americans don't have a lot of reserve. So if they want to get into the market, some of them are borrowing money to get into it, which is what we saw in 1929. So I understand that on paper it looks like the Trump years might be very good for investors, but it's not a lock. Please subscribe to our newsletter on billorilly.com keep track of all things O'Reilly. That's me. Like the message of the day, my column, the no spin news and much more. When you sign up for our [e-mail] it's free. You'll get emails letting you know what is going on and you won't miss a thing. Now one of the things that you do is look ahead in your newsletter. Alex and AI is coming in huge. So what in general. And I don't want you to recommend any stocks. If you're interested in what Alex Green is doing, then you go to Oxford club. Was it oxfordclub.com right?

[Alexander Green]

Electric club.com? yes.

[Unknown Host]

Okay. You go there and then you can get what they have. But generally speaking, AI and a forward looking stock is what you're analyzing now, correct?

[Alexander Green]

Yes. Yeah, AI is a very big deal because it's going to increase productivity I'm on AI every day. And before long, every student is going to have an AI tutor, every businessman is going to have or business person is going to have an AI consultant, every physician is going to have an AI researcher and assistant. Everybody's going to have an infinitely smart, infinitely available, infinitely cheap source of not just news and information, but strategy and questions asked and problem solved. And this is going to be huge for the economy. That's why you're seeing all these big tech companies ramp up their AI spending, because they know the demand is huge. And in my view, five years from now, there'll be companies that have making full use of artificial intelligence and companies that don't exist anymore because it's just that imperative. As big as the Internet was in 1999 and 2000, AI is even bigger right now. And we're in the early stages. We're still top of the first beginning.

[Unknown Host]

And you're trying to ferret out the companies with the most potential. But again, it's not that easy to do. I don't do crypto stuff, and I'm not even going to talk about it. I just. Way too risky for me. That's a whole different thing. Yeah, I don't. You don't do a lot of crypto stuff. When I read your stuff. Not a crypto in there.

[Alexander Green]

Right. It's for gamblers, not investors.

[Unknown Host]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. So bottom on this is that you believe there's opportunity in a Trump administration because it's a concentration of free market rather than government regulation. And when you recommend a stock that doesn't perform well, you tell everybody, but it's too late because we've lost the money. How do you feel about that?

[Alexander Green]

Well, first of all, you're absolutely right, Bill. If you're going to invest in stocks, you're going to have winners and you're going to have losers.

[Unknown Host]

Right.

[Alexander Green]

Ted Williams is the greatest hitter of all times. 60% of the time, he didn't get a hit. Still, he still was the greatest. Every investor, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, John Templeton, all the greats, they had losing positions. And so you go into it with the idea that you're buying a business, and if that business grows in profitability, the share price is going to rise and you're going to share in that profitability. And if the business stumbles or runs into competition that it can't meet effectively, it's going to work out poorly. We use, as you know, Bill, trailing.

[Unknown Host]

Stops as long as something stops on the stock. So if it goes a certain level, it automatically sells. All right. Alexander green, Oxford Club, oxfordclub.com Appreciate it, Alex. Have fun in Bahamas.

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