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In 2015, the U.S. was ranked No. 1. Top of the heap. The best in the world.   Then it started to slide…  In …

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“In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter. And in that direction,” waving the other paw, “lives a March Hare. …

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Welcome to your Weekly Digest!   First up this week is that container ship crash in the …

[Read more...] about What the Suez Canal Crash Means for Our Pocketbooks

There comes a moment in Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, in which a character known as Pozzo announces “I am …

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Let me start today’s dispatch with a question: It’s Friday night. You put on a black dress. Where are you going?  I’m betting …

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I blame Robinhood…  By which I mean the stock trading app, not the legendary English outlaw famed for meting out vigilante justice in the …

[Read more...] about Why Stock Trading Apps Are Destroying the U.S. Economy

“What do you miss? What can I send you?” my friend asked as we wrapped up a Zoom call last week. I spent an hour or …

[Read more...] about Escape Groundhog Day and Put Some Excitement Back in Your Life

Welcome to your Weekly Digest!   First up this week is fresh evidence of the markets losing all touch with …

[Read more...] about 2 Clear Signs We’re in a Stock Market Bubble

“Shoppers: We have a Blue-Light Special going on right now…”  If you’re as old as me (mid-50s), you might just recognize that from …

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