Boomer Math: y=41.228249x + 3032.9326
Do you remember high school algebra? Perhaps you were a specially smart kid and took algebra in the seventh or eight grade and already know what this formula might be:…
Palm Oil & Malaysia’s Labor Problem
We’ve discussed demographics problems in the US, China, and Germany but the aging demographic problem isn’t limited to those countries. Finance Yahoo had a great article from Bloomberg on the…
Covered Calls and Naked Puts (for extra income)
Given an over heated and wild stock market, we thought it would be a great time to describe how we buy stocks in these markets. Our investing premise is the…
Employment Cost Index Up
The BLS released the Employment Cost Index and the numbers continue to climb which means inflation is continuing to grow where it hurts businesses the most: labor costs. If the…
Intel’s $20 Billion Ohio Plant Mistake
Intel was once an innovator in the chip industry then it lost its way and now it’s trying to make a come back but in our opinion, it’s already made…
Inflation Through Business Eyes
Some bloggers spend their time looking at bond yields for clues to inflation and if that were your only lens to inflation, you would have been woefully wrong this entire…
A Sneak Peak At 2030
We recently came across a great demographic book, The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny by Bradley Schurman that dives into the demographic quagmire society will find itself in over…
Demographics and the Tough Choices Ahead To 2030
We’ve written a great deal about how 60+ million baby boomer retiring over the next decade are going to drain the labor force of productivity but what does that mean…
Teen Truck Drivers? What Happened To Self-Driving Trucks?
The Mercury News is reporting that a new rule will allow teens as young as 18 years old to drive big semi trucks across state lines. With the trucking industry…
BLS Job Projections Make No Sense
We were perusing BLS website and came across Projected Opening in Occupations That Require A College Degree and were intrigued by the projections but one key thing left us confused.…