Here I was hoping 2023 would be less confusing and confounding than 2022. It seems I was wrong. You see, this morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released “The Employment Situation – December 2022.” While…
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Every year during the holidays, I try my best to limit gorging on all the goodies that appear. Pistachios, peanuts, every type of cookie imaginable and pecans served up in a dozen different ways. It is…
This year, the primary topics of discussion have been inflation and the Federal Reserve. While the economy was noticeably weaker, it wasn’t hitting red panic buttons outside of a few industries. After all, companies were creating…
Here we are, close to the end of another seemingly dysfunctional year. Admittedly, that sentence makes me sound like a grumpy old man. I suspect there is more than a bit of truth to that. After…
Last night, a friend texted me wondering what I would write about today. To be sure, there is no shortage of topics to discuss. However, the GameStop imbroglio, which I think is an apt word, is…