Labor Shortage, Wages Heats Up
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting article about how businesses in Louisville, Kentucky such as UPS are having to up the hourly wage to $20/hour to find and retain…
Coronavirus New World Order
We don’t think the world will be the same after Covid-19. There have been fundamental re-thinking of the supply chain and how things are manufactured, shipped and distributed to their…
What’s Happening With Hourly Wages? T-Rex Will Eat First
The future of hourly wages for many workers seem to be moving up. T-mobile recently announced that it would raise minimum wage to $20/hour. Earlier in the year, Bank of…
It’s The Boomers Stupid!
In the not too distant future, we think “It’s the boomers stupid” will become the cliche of the day. In 1992, James Carville came up with a similar phrase, “It’s…
Real Estate During Inflation
Under normal circumstances, real estate during inflationary period makes perfect sense because debt (mortgages) held against the property generally gets inflated away over time during high inflationary periods. Unfortunately housing…
Global Economic Outlook + Today’s Fed Decision
While everyone is talking about Wednesday’s FOMC meeting where the Fed announced: In addition, the Federal Reserve will continue to increase its holdings of Treasury securities by at least $80…
The Current State of Oil & Gas Production
According to Oilprice.com, the current rig count has been steadily but slowly climbing up. The total rig count rose to 576—a figure that is 238 up from this time last…
Pakistan Central Bank Ups Rate 100 Points 9.75 Percent
From Finance Yahoo News, Pakistan recently upped their central bank rate to 9.75 percent which represents a 100 basis point increase. Rising inflation is hitting the country’s sizeable poor and…
What About Retiring Abroad?
If you read our recent depressing post about the general direction of wages, explosive costs of health insurance, health care, education, housing and en mass boomer retirements, then you would…
How Bad Is Inflation? Manure! That’s How!
Bloomberg reports that inflation is bad enough to impact the cost of synthetic fertilizers so much so that demand for animal manure is red hot. There are also alternative uses…