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Value Creation Part 2 Welcome back to Part 2 of the Value Creation series. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, then go check it out and meet me back here. To provide some quick background, I am reviewing Professor…
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Defining Value Creation Sometimes, I don’t sleep well. In fact, a lot of nights I don’t sleep well (not because of my stock picks though!). This has been a recurring problem I have dealt with my entire life, so…
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Squeezed Hard This was a wild week for Wall Street. I didn’t want to write on the GameStop short squeeze this week, but it’s really hard to divert my attention from what’s unfolding. In order to purge my brain…
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The coronavirus pandemic is certainly frightening. Though almost all Americans have learned to live with the looming threat of the virus, most are psychologically affected — and as many as one-third have experienced financial hardship as a result of COVID-19….
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The jobless claims report from the week of September 12th was important for a few reasons. Firstly, it was the BLS survey week for the September report. Secondly, non-seasonally adjusted claims were up 2 straight weeks, so the trend needed…
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The Fed did exactly what most expected on Wednesday as it didn’t hike rates and called for no hikes through 2023 based on the median FOMC member’s estimate seen in the dot plot below. We think some commentators are extrapolating…
Continue reading Redbook same store sales growth fell for the 2nd straight week in the week of September 12th. As you can see from the chart below, it fell from -0.1% to -1.2%. This might not be a blip lower. The good…
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On Wednesday, the Fed will give us its decision on rates along with an updated look at its economic projections. It will be interesting to see where the Fed sees the unemployment rate going since it has fallen quickly, but…
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Inflation is still very low. CPI in August was 1.3% which was up from 1%. Core CPI was up from 1.6% to 1.7% which put it slightly closer to the Fed’s 2% target as you can see from the chart…
Continue reading The jobless claims report from the week of September 5th was a mixed bag. There are a few twists with this data update which must be noted or you’ll be misled by the headlines. Seasonally adjusted claims stayed the same…
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