Buy the Eggs, Sell the Sugar
One of the more frustrating things about the battle against inflation is that there are things that are beyond our ability to control,...
Fed Dashboard Additions
For the economic wonks, the customized Federal Reserve of St. Louis dashboards on this site have served to keep track of economic trends...
Re-Upping. The Time for Municipals is NOW.
I got my start in tax free municipal bonds, partly so because my parents, who my company is named for, had invested their own funds into....
A Labor Recovery Like No Other
This chart, posted by labor economist Skanda Armanath, shows how dramatic the recovery has been in restoring the economy from the COVID...
Diesel and Gas Prices Are Back Down To Earth
It's been a wild ride for diesel and gas prices in the past year, as global events and recovering business activity moved prices up and...
EPOP and LFPR Exceed Pre-COVID Levels
For all of the political backbiting over these two metrics, as of the February 2023 reading, Prime Age Employment to Population has now...
Fixed Income War Story #3
This is one of my favorite episodes, because not only does it show how a creative investor can reap huge rewards, it also deflates a...
Debt, Deficit and Policy
The national debt has been a punching bag for almost a century, even mentioned in a song written in 1951 ("If You're So Smart, How Come...
EPOP Update
Just a follow up on the Employment to Population Ratio, which I believe is the correct way to gauge employee engagement in the labor...
U-6 Hits All Time Low
You would think this would get more press coverage, but U-6, which many consider the "real" unemployment rate, hit an all time low this...
