When Trump won in November, stocks saw a small but not insignificant surge. But banks and institutional investors have been downgrading their projections for GDP growth all quarter once reality started to set in: the Trump effect is a whole lotta bullshit. In response to the tax plan, stock and bond markets barely registered a response. It's kind of unbelievable. Rich people were told that their president wants to shatter the record for largest tax break for rich people in the history of tax breaks for rich people, and the markets were mute. My only fear is that the Katrina moment, when it comes, still won't disabuse people of Trump. Question for everyone older than me (probably most people): is it just me, or is there a growing sense that the economic pie is becoming fixed and that other people's gains mean less for you? In other words, am I imagining that people are getting cagier about the future? Or is my timeline too small?