Labor Shortages: Mississippi
The State of Mississippi has a few things in common with the State of Idaho, the most immediate similarity is that Mississippi, like Idaho, has hospitals that will no longer…
Labor Shortages: Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania motto is “Virtue, liberty and independence” but it should be “We need people” because the state is suffering from a shortage of medical professionals. From Weny News: “The…
Labor Shortages: Alabama
Alabama prison system needs more people so the state is raising salaries to $50,000 to attract people to the profession. From USNews: The starting pay for a correctional officer trainee…
February 2023 – US Top Trading Partner Inflation Check
The Fed raised interest rates 25 basis points today but the real story is the raging inflation around the world. Let’s take a look at the US top trading partner…
Labor Shortages: Idaho
Idaho has unique labor shortages and its not driven by demographic changes but by political policy. From the Idaho Capital Sun: Idaho’s Bonner General Health, the only hospital in Sandpoint,…
Mid-March Update: SPY, QQQ & XHB Crash Comparisons
Things are getting interesting now and it looks like the index crashes are following the dot com crash but across the board instead of just tech stocks. Let’ take a…
BLS: February CPI Six Percent
The BLS reported inflation today and it is still red hot at 6 percent year over year. To put this into context, if you earn $100,000 per year, you have…
Labor Shortages: Georgia
Georgia has a solution to their labor shortages…hire more disabled persons to fill roles. From News-Journal.com: People living with intellectual and developmental disabilities say one solution to Georgia’s workforce shortage…
Labor Shortages: Kentucky
A safe bank these days is as rare as a Kentucky carpenter but we’re not talking banks today, we’re talking labor shortages. From WSPDlocal6.com: The number of skilled trade jobs…
March Update: SPY, QQQ and XHB Crash Comparisons
Well, well, well… it would seem the Grinch is about to steal Easter away from the stock market boys and girls this season. We’ve run our crash comparison graphs comparing…