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…
Upcoming Boomer Caused Shortages 2021-2030
In attempting to find investing opportunities over the next decade, we wanted to focus on where and when shortages would arise driven by boomers. We have already seen labor shortages…
Key US Trading Partners: Inflation, Bank Rates and Pain
Friday’s 6.8 percent inflation rate for the U.S. has us thinking about the rise in inflation globally and we have been doing some research. Specifically, we were interested in finding…
The Clash Between Electric Vehicles, Self-Driving Vehicles and Robots
There is something wrong with the auto market and we haven’t seen anyone talk about it anywhere. What is that problem? All the big auto manufacturers have announced the migration…
Labor, Inflation, Immigration, Boomers – The Perfect Storm – 2022 thru 2030
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article out entitled, “Companies Plan Big Raises for Workers in 2022” and the article essentially states what we already know, finding workers is…
Can Marijuana Bring Back Manufacturing to US?
An interesting study from the University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic University have suggested that embracing Marijuana more fully leads to higher job growth and economic potential. The findings…
VTI – The Best Harbinger of Stock Market?
We have started to see tremors in the U.S. stock market since post Thanksgiving. As of the writing of this post, bitcoin has lost 20% of its value. Is this…
Magic Mushroom for Cluster Headaches?
We wrote about our speculative ventures into some alternative drug stocks a few weeks ago in part because the world’s acceptance to alternative medicines is changing day by day. We…
So Much Economic Data So Little Time
There was a tidal wave of economic and market data coming out today so let’s try to digest some of it. First, the market closed out Friday on another negative.…
Real Estate – Logistics! Logistics! Logistics!
The traditional cliche with real estate is location! location! location! but in a post covid and online ordering world the new cliche may very well be logistics! logistics! logistics! We…