This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Employment Situation report for June 2016. It was pretty good, as the economy apparently created 287K net new jobs last month. That number is even better…
Thought Leadership
I suppose it would be appropriate to write about what I learned from the fallout due to last week’s referendum on the European Union in Britain, the Brexit. Here goes: British political leaders resign when things don’t…
Hmm. What to write about today? Last night, I stayed up pretty late watching the BBC report the results of the ‘Brexit’ referendum. I had one eye on the TV screen and another on my iPhone…
I sort through all kinds of labor market numbers to determine the health of the U.S. consumer. After all, our economy is largely based on consumption, and most people base their expenditures on their paycheck. So,…
A couple of weeks ago, my father and I got into a discussion about China’s supposedly aggressive behavior in the South China Sea, namely around the Spratly Islands. He was, and still is, very concerned a…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Employment Situation report for the month of May, 2016. It wasn’t dreadful in absolute terms like those in 2008, 2009, or during the recession at the…
I can’t remember with certainty all the various Literature courses I took in college, but it safe to say it was more than the core curriculum required. In truth, we didn’t have a lot of patsy,…
Let’s assume I am a pretty major manufacturer (high-tech) based in California, and have designed a product which I believe will sell well in the overseas markets, particularly China. In fact, I think I can sell…
Back in the day, many pop songs were basically poems set to music. The industry referred to artists making this type of music as singer/songwriters. It didn’t matter how bad the prose actually was, as long…
When I got into the financial services industry 25 years ago, banks were still pretty cool, and a preferred employer for many. What’s more, in Baltimore, where I started my career, it was even more hip…