Top Trading Partner Inflation Check
The Federal Reserve’s favorite measure of inflation came up at a whopping 6.6 percent. From CNN: The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased by 6.6% for the year ended in…
Demographics: 500,000 Less Teachers
There is a teacher shortage across the United States and the problem has become worse since covid changed the teaching landscape. The Hill has an intriguing look into what some…
Time For Stock Review
The last few days have been a chaotic mess in the stock market so we decided right now is a good time to review some of the stocks we’ve nibbled…
Employers Desperate, Dropping College Degree Requirements
Yahoo Finance had an interesting story about employers starting to drop college degree requirements as many jobs go unfilled. The researchers analyzed more than 51 million job listings, looking for…
Investment Thesis 2022
We’ve been busy updating our investment thesis and to make a long story short here are a few key points we’ll jump right into. Inflation will be high for years…
Wage Inflation Continues: Verizon $20/hr
Wage inflation continues to climb and leading the pack are deep pocket companies. Verizon announced they will now start pay at $20/hour for certain positions. In recognition of the hard…
WSJ: Millions Won’t Return To Labor Force
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article written by Josh Mitchell on how millions of workers have left the labor force with no plans to return…ever. We encourage you…
Many Ways To Invest In Real Estate
With inflation totally out of control, a prudent investor will want to invest in assets that will grow in appreciation and in potential income in this scenario. While we wait…
Inflation! Inflation! Inflation!
It’s the one, two, three knock down punch! Punch 1, the BLS reported this week that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a whopping 8.2 percent year over year. The…
College Scrambling for Students
Back in December we wrote this post entitled, “University Apocalypse 2025” where we discussed some conversations we had with a college recruiter over the holiday break. The San Francisco Gate…