The internet is full of myth and mystery – fact and fiction so you need to take your own grain of salt to this origin to “The Dog Days of Summer”: Ancient Greeks noticed that Sirus—which they dubbed the “dog star” as it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major—appears to rise alongside the […]
It’s hard to write these blogs sometimes – there so little good news except for my Denver Nuggets winning the Oscar Robertson Trophy for the first time in Denver Nuggets history! Maybe that’s a good sign for the future ‘cuz with politicians vs. business women and men running our economy, we’re not getting any free throws. […]
Being the World’s Reserve Currency – the US Dollar – has an outsized influence on global affairs. It’s what all the “other” countries hold in their central banks to make sure they can pay their global bills. If you’re buying wheat from Kansas, it’s obvious you’re paying in dollars…what’s not so obvious is that bottle of French […]
History really does repeat itself – after all, we live on an enclosed social/political/ecosystem without a pipeline to another planet. That results in a finite number of things we can do and the resulting outcomes. For example, Mikhail Gorbachev was running out of money with a teetering economy and he needed to be better friends with […]
There are few higher profile topics in todays’ news than interest rates: We’re reminded of the tremendous global impact Paul Volcker had from 1979 thru 1987; we learn even more about the Federal Reserve and their influence on our lives since Federal Reserve Chair Powell is following that same playbook working to rein in inflation; […]
I can think of a few things I don’t like: Going to the dentist, bad sushi, and moving! I moved this past month and while things have settled down a bit, it was no fun. Dealing with the service providers we use for things like the Internet and phone were dismal experiences and some of our suppliers – […]
We are all guilty of indulging in the comfort of “the same old thing”. We drive the same route to the office, drink our coffee the same way – a Bialetti and vanilla milk for me, and use the same “tried andtrue” techniques in running our businesses. However, are they really tried and true or […]
John Maynard Keynes gave us the definition of inflation for the modern era adding a few causes and cures. One cure is printing enough money to create growth and jobs to promote economic growth. Well, we have printed money! In 2020 alone we poured some $5 Trillion into the economy or enough money to lay $100 bills end to […]
What are Section 179 & Bonus Depreciation, who do these deductions apply to and why do they matter to your company?
The “pink paper” – The Financial Times – recently took up the question of inflation and in doing so, Stefan Legge, PhD at the University of St Gallen dug up a lovely quote from no less than Adam Smith in an auspicious 1776: “When national debts have once been accumulated to a certain degree, there […]
