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The Other 90%

A significant portion of investment return is based upon asset allocation; our client eNewsletters are written with this in mind.


Welcome to Gratke Wealth, LLC eNewletters, where we focus on how to invest during the biggest financial asset bubble of the past one hundred years.

Note the chart below, value of U.S. Stock Market relative to U.S. GDP output. Hopefully, this graph leaves no doubt in the reader's mind about the biggest financial bubble in the past one hundred years.

"QE* was designed to punish responsible financial behavior."
—@spomboy

* QE= Quantitative Easing, where central banks inject/print new money into the economy via low interest rates which distorts asset prices.

For your information, we write numerous client newsletters throughout the year. However, most letters are not shown publicly on our site. We appreciate the advocacy from our clients, which is our reason for this action.

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U.S. National Debt: A Look at the Numbers from 1980 to Present

Gross U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion for the first time in August 2026 - more than double the $19.95 trillion recorded when Trump first took office in January 2017. Debt has grown under every administration examined, Republican and Democrat alike, driven by wars, recessions, tax cuts, and emergency spending (the 2008 financial crisis and COVID-19 chief among them). Financial commentators and lawmakers are quick to assign blame along party lines, but as detailed in Section 6, it is Congress - not the president alone - that constitutionally controls taxation and spending. And because Americans elect both the Congress and the president who together produce these outcomes, taxpayers bear a share of accountability for the fiscal choices made in their name.

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Gold Revaluation- What is it?

What is gold revaluation, you may ask? Throughout American history, the US government has revalued gold. This means that the price of gold, over time, is marked up or increased in value. But why would this be done, you may ask? That’s the purpose of this posting: to help the reader understand why the US government would embark on another gold revaluation- something it has done numerous times before.

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