Economy: States Faced With Uncertain Future - click here The one-two punch of the pandemic and protests have put many states in a deep financial hole. As a result without a pickup in economic recovery, budgets for items ranging from police to education are likely to...
Investing: Markets Cratered and Investors Carried On - click here An important reminder for investors is that sometimes the best thing to do is simply carry on. In the case of the COVID crash the general public was reminded that investors are very good, more often...
COVID: Quad Cities Differences an Example of the U.S. - click here The Quad Cities area in the midwest is providing a stark example for the confusion the virus is causing regarding reopenings. Separated by just a bridge these areas are treating the process differently creating...
Tech: Justice Department to Remove Immunity for Tech Giants - click here The online social media platforms have long had a sense of freedom to operate the way they saw fit do to protections provided to them during the start of the internet. Now the Trump...
Personal Finance: Pandemic Boosts U.S. Savings Rate - click here The pandemic has been difficult for a variety of reasons. However, one of the major benefits appears that many Americans have boosted their savings rate to historic levels. While this is not likely to continue, perhaps...
George Floyd: Protesters Expand Beyond Large Cities - click here The public outcry over the killing of George Floyd escalated over the weekend. As more and more Americans protest the demonstrations are spreading to less populated areas around the country and overseas.
Politics: June 2nd Looms Large...
Work: As Work From Home Becomes Common, Fewer Want to Return - click here You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that the changes caused by the pandemic are going to have an impact in the future. One area that appears to be...
COVID-19: Amazon Wants To Innovate Out of Pandemic - click here In what should come as a very small surprise, Amazon is hoping to innovate its way out of the global pandemic that is COVID-19. For a company that has had many misses but more than...
COVID-19: Unemployment Claims Remain High - click here In what is becoming normal, the unemployment claims remain elevated during the pandemic. While we are hearing signals of reopening the data suggests many people are still losing employment.
COVID-19: Fatal Errors Made in New York - click here It...
COVID-19: As States Stay Open, Many Stay Home Keeping Recovery Elusive - click here As states begin to reopen their economies the hope is that their residents return to the "normal" that we had prior to COVID-19. The reality is many of these early states are...
