Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor reported the continued decline since mid-December of new jobless claims with the low number of weekly claims unmatched since last April. Econoday observed, “In an indication of labor market strength, initial jobless claims […]
Officially, we have yet to start the holiday season, but starting Friday morning at 12:01am its Game On! If you have been a bit bummed by seeing Christmas decorations and displays coming out before Halloween, there’s a reason for it. […]
In his speech last Wednesday, Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell outlined the decision and rationale of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to lower its Discount Rate by 0.25%. Typically, Central Bankers lower rates to provide incentives for institutions to […]
In real estate, the three key factors to assure success in owning property are: location, location, location. Regarding the US economy and continued growth, the three keys are: JOBS, JOBS, and more JOBS. Yesterday, the JOLTS report (Job Openings and […]
Former President Obama was regularly cited stating the rallying cry of “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” as the Unemployment Rate approached 10%. Fast forward to today, and the wonder from my CEO clients is “Workers, Workers, Workers.” There just are not enough […]
Last week, we released our Q3 Economic Update and Market Outlook video, where Anton and I sat down for a brief 13 minutes to discuss *drum roll* the economy and market! I love the process of filming the video as […]
As with almost every complex design, there is just one thing that can either enable its brilliance or instantly cease its functionality entirely. For instance, an intricately designed mainframe computer with billions of programmed lines of code and exclusive hardware […]
