For those of you who weren’t aware, our intern Toby, who had his own “Toby’s Take” section of the blog while he was seeing if he wanted to pursue a career in finance, started an apprenticeship earlier this summer with a commercial HVAC company. Last week we were
The market's attention remains fixed on AI, energy prices, and the Federal Reserve. Yet beneath all the headlines is a much more simple factor that has historically driven economic growth: people going to work. The June employment report released last week suggests the labor market is neither booming nor
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
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
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
