Millennials, You have some work to do I came across this data recently that was eye-catching. You know the World Economic Forum’s claim “You will own nothing and be happy”, well it may be easier for them to accomplish than expected. Millennials only have a mere fraction of the USA’s reported wealth, despite making up […]
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The Cleanest Dirty Shirt
Now Thats a Good Looking Buck Years ago I remember hearing about a psychology study that went something like this: A random sample of men were brought in to a lab and were asked to rank-order photos of 20 women according to their attractiveness. But there was a catch, they were told that if they […]
Disability in the US
“I’m so sore even my hair hurts” Hey there Ladies and Gents, so what’s the deal with Disability in the US? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1.5 million more people in the civilian non-institutional population had a disability in 2022 than the year before. In fact, when combined with the increase from the prior year, there are 2.7 […]
The Rising Fastball Effect
The Rising Fastball Effect Breaking News!The Dollar is Crashing AND The Dollar is Stronger than Ever! You may have seen these opposing headlines or have a friend uttering this over and over–and both of them are not exactly wrong because this discussion is nuanced. The dollar, all things considered, is the number one export by […]
Theft in USA
Investors Aren’t Pricing in this Factor It’s election season coming up and one can expect a lot of turmoil in the streets, unusual shopping habits and lots of polarized activity on media sites. Expect riots, political marches and unfortunately, violence. However, there is one factor that’s become the norm in US cities regardless of an […]
Natural Gas & Oil Company for Investing
Unfortunate Timing with Everything; But Brighter Times Ahead? I am bullish on energy sectors for this whole decade. While the whole world bitches about windmills, solar, electric, carbon and fossil fuels, the bitter truth is that energy security for a country = political security. If you have to grow it, manufacture it, or move it–it […]
The Absurdity of Wedding Costs now
We’re homeless, but had a killer wedding, man! Everyone knows weddings can run up a pretty big tab. Do you know how much though? In 2020, the average cost of a wedding in the United States is $20,300, a decrease of 4,400 compared to 2019. This is an Average. What is surprising to me is […]
A Research Post To See About Recession Proof Gambling
You’re Gambling on Gambling It’s been widely remarked that gambling is a recession proof industry since people who are down on their luck gravitate to high-risk, ‘get rich quick’ schemes. I wanted to write this article to go through some of the literature to say that the results are not that simple and that an […]
Israel and Lebanon Gas Deal
Crisis + Offshore Oil= Opportunity? As of October 27th, 2022 Lebanon and Israel have come to a deal (brokered by the United States) to divide up ownership of maritime boundary areas of the Mediterranean; an unlikely event given the hostilities between each other. The settling of these boundaries allow for the transparency to set-up for […]
Continents for Kids
A Grade 4 lesson that Americans Don’t Know Every so often one of those talking puppets on television puts on an episode to ask people on the street questions on where a country is on a map. The answers are shockingly wrong. And it’s not like, “where’s Togo?” its like “where’s Canada?” and the answers […]
