When we were young parents with 4 kids age 6 and under, we had to implement some rules that might seem odd to anyone who didn't have multiple young children. Some of those rules were for words we shouldn't say......words that sometimes mommy and daddy might be heard saying.
It's been a noisy, volatile year so far. It seems every week I have another 5 page essay to write just updating everything that happened during the prior week. Last week, I experienced a refreshingly different kind of noise – I spent the week at a conference and then took a
Officially the economy grew at a 4.3% rate in the 3rd quarter and by some estimates may (officially) grow at a 5.3% rate in the 4th quarter. You would think we'd see all of the leading economic indicators humming along, but other than stock prices and the money
The Federal Reserve often says they are "data dependent". This often leads to confusion and hyper-focus on every data release as the market speculates what it means for the next Fed meeting. Most of November saw a drop in stock prices after the Fed pushed back on the thought of
The labor market continues to show signs of strain. While the headline payroll number didn’t move much, digging into the details reveals a troubling trend. Job growth has essentially stalled over the last three months......something that historically happens just before or during a recession. We’re not
