South Korean Inflation Up Again 0.4 Percent
South Korea inflation is up again from prior month. Why should it matter? It matters because S. Korea is one of the largest trading partners of the United States and…
The Future of Work: Self-employed or Not?
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article on the current employment changes to existing work structures. Many people have quit their jobs to pursue their own personal businesses, investors…
It’s Official, Inflation is NOT “Transitory”
The big news today is a market sell off across most indices. The other big news is the big Powell quote: it’s a good time to retire that word and…
German Inflation 5.2%
Germany is the 5th largest trading partner of the United States and the third largest exporter in the world. Inflation in Germany is running at 5.2% year over year so…
GPD by State Past SIX Quarters
We wanted to understand what was going on with GDP on a U.S. state by state basis ever since Covid started and where we are today. We believe in the…
Breaking Point – What Will Cause The Next Economic Crash After Covid?
Did you hear the news? The median price for a home is now $404,000 as of August 2021. While homeowners are rejoicing for their new found wealth, smart home owners…
Growth Portfolio (Let’s Roll The Dice)
We wrote about our defensive stock portfolio recently and today we want to look at the other end of the spectrum: speculative and high growth stocks. We caution that with…
Market Bloodbath!
Markets around the world had a bit of a sell off on the news that a new Covid variant is running loose in South Africa and possibly moving around Europe.…
Japan Inflation
Economic data for Tokyo, Japan came out over night and we are a bit bewildered. It seem inflation is up in some areas but not in others. Let’s take a…
Our Defensive Portfolio So Far
After spending some time researching defensive investments to protect against inflation, we have accumulated small positions in these equities. If and when there are major pullbacks in the stock market,…