One Million Fewer College Students in 2022
NPR is reporting that there were one million fewer students in college since covid began and in our opinion the situation may not improve. More than 1 million fewer students…
The Next Civil War Will Be About Labor Not Politics
If you enjoy economic blogs it is likely you enjoy reading up on politics too. We often read, and shake our head, at most of the political nonsense that happens…
US & Trading Partner Inflation
The big headlines today were that US inflation for 2021 topped out at a whopping 7 percent. To put that into perspective, if you have a $100,000 per year salary,…
Food Shortages in 2022
Both CNN and CNBC are reporting on the depletion of food stocks at most grocery stores so we went out and took a look for ourselves and we can confirm…
Which Bubble Will Burst First?
At the start of 2022, Bonds were in a bloodbath, stocks seemingly are starting a correction and expected rising interest rates may blow the real estate bubble. We are currently…
The Labor Battle Intensifies: Healthcare vs Retail
In Indiana, hospitals can’t keep healthcare workers because Walmart is offering higher pay and lower risk. Why work at a hospital with sick patients and worry about them dying when…
Does This Look Like A Recession?
There is a highly anticipated Fed central rate bank coming in March or later so the conventional wisdom seems to be that it will “kill” the economy but looking at…
Retirement Portfolios By Age Group
CNBC had a nice summary of how Americans have saved money for retirement. We encourage you to click the link and read the article. We took some of the data…
Feeding Frenzy For Industrial Real Estate
Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBRE is buying $4.9 billion of warehouse space from Hillwood. We are happy to see this transaction happy because it reaffirms our investment in…
Some Trucker Pay Up 40 Percent
For anyone who thinks that inflation is going away anytime soon, look no further than a recent article from FreightWaves.com by Todd Maiden that describes how Lawrence Freight is now…