

Reasons for Hope and Optimism
Before we get started with the essay, we would like to express our deepest sympathies to those who have been affected directly and/or...
Mar 30, 20204 min read
Presents...Who doesn't love to receive gifts? To: 2020, With love from: 2019
2019 capped off a pretty wild decade, which started with the recovery from the Great Recession, included European crises, Occupy...
Jan 23, 20203 min read


Economic cycles: It is all about BALANCE
Hooray! We are now in the longest period of economic expansion in U.S. history (June 2009 to present), having recently surpassed the...
Oct 10, 20194 min read


Early Signs of Weakness in Manufacturing Have Economic and Political Implications
Manufacturing Overview Breakthroughs from successful research and development (R&D) have created new processes and technologies that...
Jul 29, 20193 min read


FALSE START! Inverted Yield Curve has not Predicted a Recession
For the past few months there have been swarms of PhDs, economists, and strategists buzzing to a hypersensitive media about the dire...
Apr 30, 20197 min read


U.S. and China: Tale of the Tape
The Bottom Lines U.S.-China trade policies need to be updated, and China is not in a strong position for trade negotiations. The United...
Mar 27, 20196 min read
Market and Capital Gains Cycles
Market and Capital Gains Cycles Generally speaking, everyone loves a bull market and no one loves a bear market. As professional...
Aug 8, 20185 min read
TomAto/Tomato, Apatheia/Ataraxia- just don’t suffer unnecessarily
Several ancient Greek philosophies incorporated the notion that wisdom was demonstrated by equanimity in the face of the external world....
May 21, 20184 min read


Current Perspectives on the Risks of Losses
There are two kinds of losses. Obviously, one kind of loss is an actual loss from selling something for less than it was purchased. Keys...
Jan 26, 20185 min read
American Capitalism: The Bright Ages
In this essay we want to acknowledge the rate and force of change in the world today, and that we believe the US is in an enviable...
Oct 31, 20176 min read