Each week is different, but yet every week seems the same. We get some good news on the economy, some really bad numbers, some good earnings reports, some bad earnings reports, some sort of news item from the Fed, talk of more stimulus, delays of those talks, and of course
Tag: COVID-19
When we are facing uncertainty, our brains are prone to using heuristics, or mental short-cuts to help us make decisions. These short-cuts are full of various biases that influence how we look at specific situations. There's nothing wrong with that. It's what makes us human. The best way to overcome
As we start the 20th week of the Coronavirus panic in the U.S. in many ways it feels like we haven't made much progress. Cases are spiking in two heavily populated states, schools are trying to determine what they should do with their students, Congress is arguing over what
Like a prisoner, marking the days is a way to keep track of the passage of time. Days can blur together and it is easy to lose touch with the outside world. For the past 19 weeks I've been marking the weeks with the hope we'll be able to resume
The economic data continues to show signs of improvement while the number of Coronavirus cases and now the daily death numbers begin to rise again. This has led to some states to slow or even reverse their re-opening plans. Scientists are learning more and more about the virus, yet it