Another Rough Week: No Stock Buys
While we’ve been nibbling at the market picking up small amounts of shares in some stocks, we didn’t do any this week. We expect some sort of market rally before…
Michigan Hospitals Labor Shortage and Big Macs
A while ago, we wrote about the tough choices ahead with regards to labor. In Tough Choices: Prison Guards or 911 Operators we wrote about how cities are struggling to…
Walmart Can’t Find Managers Even at $200,000
The Wall Street Journal had a great article on Walmart’s struggle to hire managers for their stores. Many managers leading the company’s roughly 4,700 U.S. stores have been in their…
The Future Is Slow
If you are a boomer (born between 1946 and 1964) you will definitely be hitting age 65 by 2030. Unfortunately, if you are a boomer and you think you will…
BLS Inflation: 8.3 Percent
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation number for the past month and it’s a doozy. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent…
Stock Buys: Prudential (PRU)
With more stock market volatility, we decided to nibble at the market and pick up shares of Prudential (PRU). We think Prudential is currently trading at reasonable levels and it…
Stock Buys: Cisco & BorgWarner
We added two new stocks to our portfolio today. The two are Cisco Systems (CSCO) and BorgWarner (BWA). Cisco Systems has held remarkably well during the stock market volatility and…
A Sneak Peak For Boomers in 2030
The core thesis on this site has centered around the upcoming “Boomerpocalypse” where we see 60 million boomers all hit the retirement age of 65 in 2030. We’ve cautioned repeatedly…
JOLTS May 2022 Report: 11.5 Million Open Jobs
The BLS released their JOLTS report today and shows a whopping 11.5 million open jobs. On the last business day of March, the number of job openings was little changed…