Housing & Demographics – Rental Property Income
While the stock market continues to show volatility and with the Fed expected to hike the next two FOMC meetings, our strategy is to sit out the stock market until…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
American Migrations, Labor and Food Shortages
Apologies for not posting recently but rest assured we are knee deep in research on a variety of topics including the latest census data that shows migrations within the United…