Stress will always expose weaknesses. For the past 15 years I've written and spoke about our broken economy. Massive budget deficits, continued reliance on a service economy, a huge trade imbalance, over a hundred trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities (Social Security & Medicare), a massive demographic imbalance impacting our labor
Tag: Musings
I think most people enjoy fall. The transition from the hot summer weather to something a bit more comfortable is a relief. In many parts of the country the changing of the leaves comes at the same time the insect population begins to diminish. For others pulling out hoodies, fall
As we move closer to the final week before the final quarter of 2021, we can take this moment to take a step back to think about how much time has gone by in what has felt simultaneously a blink and an eternity. We are a full year and a
Humans can’t help but be very short-term focused. We all have incredibly busy lives, and it can be difficult to focus on the medium or long-term future when we have to worry about today and tomorrow. The concern is even if we don’t focus on the long-term, it
The shorter work week didn’t allow us much time to get new news that would point the market in a certain direction, but the market didn’t stay flat. We are at a point, like we’ve been mentioning quite often lately, that the market NEEDS positivity to continue