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…
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…
JOLTS, UK Labor, and Food
Today’s theme is food and labor. We have reports from Campbell Soup that high labor costs are pinching profits and inflation doesn’t seem to be abating. United Natural Foods reported…
Mexico Inflation 7.37 Percent
Mexico’s INEGI released consumer pricing index and it shows a whopping inflation at 7.37 percent! Mexico is one of the top 3 trading partners for the United States and high…
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…
Brazil Central Bank Rate Raised to 9.25 Percent
Brazil economic data came out hot and heavy today. First, the central bank raised interest rates 150 basis points from 7.75 pct to 9.25 pct. Secondly, Brazil retail sales are…
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…