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Weekly Recap
Category: Finance
Bull Market
Did you know the bull market has turned ten-years old? Is it safe to say we may never experience another prolonged bear market again? Take a look to find out why.
Weekly Recap
Your weekly recap for Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Business, and Global Events.
Social Media + Famous People
Are you a sheep? How often are you blindly following the advice of a famous person on social media? Are you even aware of it? Did you decide for yourself, or did someone 'influence' you? Find out how much of a sheep you really are.
Amazon+NYC
The Amazon and NYC marriage, and subsequent divorce, is mischaracterized to say the least. Let me break it down from someone who lives next door to the now failed project.
Oscars
Your Oscars Preview - 1) No host will be looked back as a good move, and evolve into the norm 2) Black Panther won’t win Best Picture, but the bigger snub will be Stan Lee not receiving a posthumous award 3) Roma wins Best Picture, giving Netflix the most prestigious award of the evening, and revolutionizing the film industry for decades to come
Deficit Spending
Our deficit spending is out of control. The main problem is our promise to America with regard to Social Security. This is also America's greatest lie. We must come out ahead of the problem and fix it. But, how?
Corporate Governance
An argument broke out among Silicon Valley CEOS on Twitter based on an impending initiative in San Francisco to tax big corporations to solve the homeless crisis. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey doesn't like the tax simply because the local government hasn't put enough controls in place regarding proper allocation of the funds they'd collect.
Corporate Earnings – Too often, or too infrequent?
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink lobbied two-years ago to change from quarterly corporate earnings to semiannual. Trump recently tasked the SEC to examine the shift. Barry Ritholtz wrote an opinion piece on Bloomberg theorizing moving the other direction. Let's break it down.
Who’s Paying Attention?
History proves that focus, and investigative journalism collapse during economic booms. This typically brings a surprise, shock to the system resulting in a recession no one saw coming.
America’s Homeless
A utopian look at how America's homeless can be saved.
Change. A series devoted to one word. Part 3
Change presents us with the following options. You can resist it. You can embrace it. You can be the one creating it. You fall into some combination of the three before mentioned lines. You cannot speak about change without discussing the past. You can begin by accepting the following principles. The past is gone The past … Continue reading Change. A series devoted to one word. Part 3
Change. A series devoted to one word. Part 2
Change presents us with the following options. You can resist it. You can embrace it. You can be the one creating it.
Change. A series devoted to one word. Part 1
Change presents us with the following options. You can resist it. You can embrace it. You can be the one creating it.
DeNiro, Trump, and Broadway
DeNiro made a choice at the Tony's to criticize Trump. This was unnecessary, and may negatively impact Broadway revenue going forward.
Trump at the G7
The antics Trump displayed at the G7 were widely criticized. Here is why they were brilliant and calculated.
Trump, Media, Twitter
Trump and the media are playing a game for the world to see.
Wells Fargo Branch Sale
Wells Fargo just sold a lot of branches to a Regional Bank in the Midwest. The move may be a sign that there are more good times to come in this Bull Market.
Wells Fargo’s New ‘Trust’ Ad
What does this new ad tell us about the troubled bank?
