Simple, Common Sense Problem Solving

Simple, Common Sense Problem Solving

More than 1 way to skin a cat In today’s society when there is a roadblock, traffic comes to a screeching halt and people sit and wait. In reality there are many ways to keep traffic flowing, as my Grandfather would say, “There is more than one way to skin a cat.”...

108 Black Swans

We economists would call the Cubs World Series victory a “Black Swan” event. What the 2016 Cubs should teach us is that Black Swans are real. Just because something has never happened, just because something has not happened in a long time, or just because the chance...

Head in the Sand

Tempting as it is to include Brexit in the headline, Brexit is not the headline, it is the response to Brexit that is the real headline. The knee jerk slide of the markets was a very rational response to the vote. In typical fashion the markets oversold the rumor...

JOBS MISS , AND THE MARKETS SHRUG IT OFF

Markets have been historically irrational, so it only makes sense that they continue to be irrational! What is good is bad, and what is bad is good. There are many drivers across the markets, and as the bulls and bears fight over market direction, little has changed...

WILL THE ELECTRIC CAR ELECTRIFY A RALLY?

“The economy, stupid.” Simple, effective, to the point, and it became the de-facto slogan for the Clinton election campaign-helping Bill Clinton unseat President George H.W. Bush in 1992. The economy is not that convoluted; it has cycles: good-bad, good-bad, up-down,...