When this can be viewed, Donald Trump will be the President of the United States and it is clear that his Presidency will be different than the others. Not necessarily better or worse but different and one of the ways is Twitter. Under the old normal of the Presidency, the President carried a big stick, but talked in a soft voice. The reason was the United States has been a world leader which the President as one of the most important people in the world or at least the office. Fitting to all Presidents of any organization, when the person says something. particularly about an area of your interest, you pay attention and likely change to meet the expectations of the office holder, this is a normal thing to do, if you wish to keep your job.

President Trump has been using his Twitter to lavish favor on some companies and for the other companies he has unleashed his displeasure. The concern is partly about the President, it is also about the public which believes in all things which the President tweets about – good or bad. In thinking about President Trump’s tweets, Barry Ritholtz who runs a management investment firm and is a columnist at Bloomberg News came up with the POTUS Index Funds. (POTUS is short form for the President of the US). There would be two indexes one for all the companies who have made the good list and the ones that made the bad list of the POTUS. For Mr. Ritholtz he called his funds Oligarch index and the Drain the Swamp Index. Since winning the election the Oligarch Index has performed better than the Drain the Swamp index.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, it may turn out Mr. Ritholtz has come up with some both fun and profitable method to invest or it may mean all the companies will eventually go back to the normal. There are many ideas to make money on the markets and new ones come every week which is a good thing. For the average person, investing in profitable companies over the long term and those profitable companies can pay a dividend means you have passed the number one rule of do not lose money. As the dividends continue year after year, the market will reward you with higher stock prices or Price/Earnings ratios.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.