WILL OUR GRANDKIDS EVER DRIVE A CAR? Most likely, the answer is someplace in between. Drive if they must, but otherwise the car will get you there. Technology is finally getting to an inflection point on self-driving cars. The promise…
EUROPEAN UNION TRADE? By far our largest trading partner is the EU, almost $1 trillion dollars per year changes hands between us. China has been getting most of the headlines lately. But our trade with them is around $600 million.…
CHINA? Of all the economic challenges our country faces China is by far our biggest. They have spent the last 30 years or more investing in manufacturing goods to export around the world, and wherever they found an opportunity monopolize…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IS SENDING AN INFORMATION TSUNAMI OVER US! Despite any misgivings we might have about AI, Pandora is out of the box and growing at an exponential rate. The adoption of AI in almost every human endeavor is…
FAIRNESS ACT? If you or someone you know worked for a School System / Government that did not participate in Social Security this pertains to your / their benefits. If so, please contact the Social Security Administration to get your…
MAG 7? Much attention has been given to these 7 stocks and deservedly so since they make up about 33% of the S&P ‘s current value. Here is my take on each one. Apple: Apple (7.5% of the S&P 500)…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? Right now, most of us can’t even imagine or predict how use of and development of AI will affect almost everything we do. In the business world, the use of AI has changed and improved much of the…
CAN WE PREVENT GOVERNMENT FROM DEPRESSING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY? Ask any businessperson about compliance with Government rules and costs; and they will most likely go into a diatribe about useless unnecessary spending and headaches that serve no purpose. At least no…
YOU MUST HAVE BIG WINNERS! Venture Capitalists invest millions of dollars in start-up companies hoping to score big. Their failure rate is slightly higher than 75%. In fact, most expect to lose most of the time. For reference Sequoia…
FOLLOW THE MONEY? Our government spends a lot of our money, and our politicians are responsible for making decisions on where, what, and why it is spent and where, what, and how we are taxed to create the cash.…
