Thought Leadership Archive
This past week, I made several economic presentations. During the Q&A period after one of them, a person asked if I remembered a prediction I made at a presentation on the same day the first case…
This past Wednesday was full of newsworthy events. The President met with Vladimir Putin in Geneva, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded its 2-day meeting on monetary policy. While Putin is officially the President…
Earlier this week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced there were 9.286 million jobs available in the United States during April 2021. This was/is easily an all-time high, not even close. However, employers seem to…
Written By: John Norris This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of May 2021 increased 0.6%. This was slightly higher than analysts had been expecting. What’s…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the US economy created 559K net, new payroll jobs during May 2021. While this is a pretty gaudy number in absolute terms, it was still comfortably less…
“I never dream about success. I work for it.” -Estee Lauder Many teenagers do not understand the importance of making an impression on people they have never met. They do not have the courage to…
In 2019, I compared the passing societal discourse in the United States to the disastrous Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China during the 1960s and 1970s. Unfortunately, I don’t feel as though the situation has noticeably…
Written By: Mac Frasier Director of Planning, Advisory Services It is probably time to update the old saying “there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes” to include “changes to the tax code.” …
Written By: Mac Frasier Director of Planning, Advisory Services Graduation season is upon us, and while many parents and grandparents of recent college grads may be celebrating, other parents now face the upcoming reality of…
About two months ago, I added Bitcoin to the data points we discuss during our morning call with client advisors. While we haven’t purchased cryptocurrencies for our clients, yet, they have been the topic of much…