July 2023 Newsletter
Stock Market Surprise? Stocks so far this year have been on a roll of late, with overall close to a 16% return. Nasdaq, with all its tech stocks, is up 39% this year. Small stocks are not faring as well…
Stock Market Surprise? Stocks so far this year have been on a roll of late, with overall close to a 16% return. Nasdaq, with all its tech stocks, is up 39% this year. Small stocks are not faring as well…
Not In My Back Yard ? We have been building roads, sewer plants and many other large community projects for years. Yes, the government can come in and force you to sell your land for projects deemed as for the…
Electric Cars? Some predict that by 2030 50% of new car sales in the U.S. will be electric. Others come in at 30%. That is a wide margin. Who is right? The one who predicts consumer demand and price correctly…
Ukraine War The war has created 7.5 million refugees that are now in other countries. There are approximately the same 7.5 million refugees within Ukraine itself. This comes with unimaginable human costs. Families are being broken apart, kids are growing…
AI Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (Chat GPT) Yes, I used cliff notes in school sometimes. Did it help? Maybe it did. Now with the use of Open AI’s chatbot you can shortcut writing poems and just about any didactic…
We used to make everything now we do not? There are 25% fewer companies and plants that make stuff than there were in 1997. Pandemic induced supply chain woes along with inflation; as well as the increased cost of shipping…