One year ago today, March 11, 2020, the WHO declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. The NBA cancelled its season, other sports soon followed. The market sell off accelerated. Back in...
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One year ago today, March 11, 2020, the WHO declared Covid-19 to be a global pandemic. The NBA cancelled its season, other sports soon followed. The market sell off accelerated. Back in...
My morning train WFH reads: • Seven More Ways to Fool Yourself Into Good Financial Decisions Being boring has its advantages, behavioral economists say. (Businessweek) see also Investing: The...
I spoke with Tom & Lisa about technology, why Inflation is a not an issue, and why there are grounds for optimism if you have a long term perspective. Ritholtz: Stock Trading Since the Dot-Com...
My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • Move Over, Nerds. It’s the Politicians’ Economy Now. Leaders of both parties have become willing to act directly to extract the nation from economic crisis,...
The rapid growth of the crypto market and Bitcoin's price rally led to a surge in new crypto wallet users in 2021.
Wall Street Hype Has Evolved Since the Dot-Com Era Similarities are everywhere, but investors need to understand five key differences. Bloomberg, March 9, 2021 Everything old is new again:...
Vaccinated yet? If not, then enjoy our Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • When SPAC-Man Chamath Palihapitiya Speaks, Reddit and Wall Street Listen Buy! Sell! Tweet! An icon of the amateur...
The human limbic system controls our emotion, behavior and long-term memory (among other functions). “To the extent you succeed in finance, you succeed by suppressing the limbic system, your...
The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Bill Bernstein on the Delusions Of Crowds, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes, Spotify,...
My back to work morning train WFH reads: • Biden’s first big win (and what comes next) This bill is all about cash, cash, cash. Other than the spending on public health, pretty much every major...
Image by Jörg Peter from Pixabay Everything you’re told is big is actually getting smaller. You used to feel inadequate because you didn’t have enough money, now you’re made to feel inadequate...
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • 544,000 More U.S. Deaths Than Normal Since Covid-19 Struck Since March 2020, about 544,000 more Americans...
This week, we welcome back William J. Bernstein, Ph.D., M.D. (See our 2019 MiB) He is a retired neurologist, principal in the money management firm Efficient Frontier Advisors, and author...
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Portland Roasted coffee, grab a seat in the — is that sun? — and get ready for our longer form weekend reads: • Martha Stewart Is the Original...
Succinct Summations for the week ending March 5th, 2021 Positives: 1. US has now administered more than 2 million Covid vaccinations per day; Over 83 million doses have been given. 2. Non-farm...
Source: GeoFRED The chart above (via FRED) shows the minimum wage on a state by state basis. The federal minimum wage has remained constant at $7.25 per hour since July 2009. This is the...
The chatter about Volkswagen’s new EV, the ID.4 is that it sets its sights on the Tesla Model Y. But there is a good case to be made that its true target are ICE/gas-powered competition, like the...
My end of week morning train WFH reads: • Financial panic: Inflation isn’t a real danger. But its prophets may hold the economy back. What happens, the inflation hawks ask, if we emerge from the...