you dont have to wonder, it's disclosed every quarter in a publicly filed report.

what does that even mean?

Thanks so much Walter!

wait what?

There is the regulation in terms of less regulatory scrutiny, not in terms of a lower expectation that companies will play ball in the trade war/culture war.

Trump is not a capitalist. He is a mercantilist. In mercantilism corporations are meant to serve the aims of the state. If this activity ends up being profitable for the investors, it’s almost beside the point. This was the predominant European system in the 1600s / 1700’s before Adam Smith.

Wanna bet? Record profits in S&P Financials, Utilities, Communications, etc. Don’t take my word for it, actually look it up.