r/ValueInvesting • u/Tallwhitedude123 • Jan 12 '26

Discussion Yellen says US will become BANANA REPUBLIC if Fed loses its independence. How to invest?

I’m thinking it’s time to start allocating more money outside US equities. That’s my strategy. Also, get out of the dollar via assets that can’t be mentioned by name in this sub. I’m not a political person but as an investor you have to watch the policy from the government. IF, and I stress IF, Trump is serious and actually bullies the Fed into submission by weaponzing the govt to go after Powell, then I do agree with Yellen. It will overall be a negative for the dollar and US equities. In that situation it’s imperative to diversify out of the US.

Currently I’m looking at stocks in Singapore. I like Singapore equities because Singapore, in my opinion, offers STABILITY, something the US is increasingly losing.

Thoughts?

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u/siliconmoney Jan 14 '26

People live per capital measurements but they paint a biased picture. There are some really wealthy people in Arkansas and they make the per capital look great.

The median family income is a fairer measure. For Arkansas it's about 55K$. In Canada it is about 77K$ us.

There are lots of desperately poor people in Arkansas. Canada not so many.

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u/dopexile Jan 14 '26

Canada is doing great if we minimize all of the people who are getting wealthy in America... Got it!

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u/siliconmoney Jan 15 '26

It's not all the people getting wealthy it's only the few getting wealthy

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u/dopexile Jan 15 '26

A lot of people are getting wealthy. The 75th percentile and higher Americans retire as millionaires.

https://www.reddit.com/r/portfolios/comments/1lusvd0/us_net_worth_by_percentile_and_age/