My Annual Predictions for the Coming Year, 2017 Edition
Once again, it is time for my annual forecasts. The predictions for 2017 are 100% guaranteed to not be wrong: Category Forecast...
Will Donald Trump make index funds illegal?
The vacationing Matt Levine brings the awesome; I highlight (bold & underlined) under the rubric of “Economic theory”...
Putting the Minimum Wage Debate into Context
Minimum-Wage Foes Tripped Up by Facts Boosting the floor on pay doesn’t always cost jobs or force businesses to shut. Bloomberg,...
Mansions Don’t Produce Much Alpha
I almost let an article about how great luxury real estate has performed sneak by without comment until I saw a dubious comparison to the...
Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment is Over
@TBPInvictus here: In light of a recent monthly release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), time for a quick trip to the glorious...
“Popularism” as Farce
Popularism is slowly being revealed as a farce, a grift of the uneducated, low information voter, coopted to vote in many ways against...
Thanksgiving Retail Data Starts to Trickle in…
On Monday, I cast doubt on the many stories about how Black Friday retail sales were off to a disappointing start. This is an important...
Markets vs. Pundits (markets are winning!)
More great forecasts from the perma-doom crowd, via @JBoorman: click for ginormous graphic Source: @JBoorman
Tales of Black Friday’s Demise Have Been Greatly...
Nov. 25 marked Black Friday, which once was considered the beginning of the holiday shopping season, though the start these days is even...