The Inflation Hurricane Continues
The BLS released their economic cost index summary yesterday and it shows that wage inflation is still climbing aggressively. In a world where most firms give 2% to 3% raises,…
We Are Getting Close To Panic
It’s been a brutal earnings week, Meta and Amazon have dropped 15% to 20% today but they weren’t the only ones. It’s time to review the Wall Street Cheat Sheet:…
Why We Bought Pollo Loco
We have been nibbling at the market but until we get clarity about the Fed’s intention on interest rate policy at their meeting next week, we don’t want to enter…
Executed Trades on Canadian Oil & Gas Stocks
With the Federal Reserve poised to potentially hike interest rates by 75 basis point in 9 days there is little place to hide but oil and gas stocks seem to…
What About Canadian Oil & Gas Companies?
We try to find investment opportunities wherever we can and while we feel the overall stock market will decline over the next 15 months there is periodic opportunity to trade…
Oregon’s Idea: Steal Employees From Other Businesses
There is a labor shortage in Oregon and people are beginning to come to terms with It’s The Boomers Stupid! KGW8 reports that Boomers are leaving the workforce in a…
Executing Covered Calls and Naked Puts on our Dividend Portfolio
It’s time to start bringing it all together. Since the inception of this blog our strategy was simple and straight forward. We positioned ourselves into key dividend stocks that meet…
Update on Germany’s Demographic Problem
Back in January we wrote Germany’s Demographic Problem and reported on how Germany was attempting to attract 400,000 workers so how’s it going? Bloomberg reports that Germany’s problems continue to…
Construction Worker Shortages – 300k to 400k
On Monday we wrote about the continued shortage of truckers that range from 100k to 200k and today we will write about the upcoming 300k to 400k shortage of construction…