4.3% Growth and the United States of Trump: When the Numbers Stop Matching the Market
Why a Fiduciary Investor Doubts the US Q3 “Economic Boom” and What the Market Is Quietly Signaling Instead
Bill Cara
December 23, 2025
Why This 4.3% Number Offends Me
As an investment fiduciary, the job is not to trade moods, slogans, or campaign narratives. It is to trade price and protect client capital using facts that can be tested in the market. When official economic data and observable market behavior diverge this sharply, it becomes necessary to say, as…


