Merriam-Webster’s definition of bigotry: obstinate or intolerant devotion to one’s own opinions and prejudices We now live in a society of intolerance, where rather than having enlightened and measured debate over complex issues, those with opposing views are marginalized, their opinions are instantly labelled as wrong, and they should be silenced using whatever tactics necessary. Politics […]
Innovation and imagination often go hand in hand to bring new technologies into being and into the mainstream. Augmented Reality (AR) is one technology that is on the cusp of dramatically expanding its mainstream presence. Many of us remember how AR burst into the mainstream with Nintendo’s Smartphone game, Pokémon Go. This “activity” game showed […]
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Some technologies start off as science-fiction, as they are often difficult to visualize and difficult to execute. Space travel and rocket ships started out this way, like so many innovations over the past 100 years. Medical technology also has made great strides that were unimaginable just a few years or decades ago. One of the […]
The S&P 500 plunged nearly 3% again today. Today’s selling was driven primarily by the news that the ‘yield curve’ has inverted. As long-term subscribers are well aware, we have been watching the yield curve for over a year now, and had posted a number of blogs on it such as here and here. For […]
The markets crashed today and for a lot of reasons. The Fed disappointed the markets last week with its suggestion that the .25% rate cut was not likely the start of a series of cuts. Then Trump slaps a 10% tariff on another $300 billion of Chinese goods. Today, China retaliated. First, they announced that […]
The planet’s rich and famous took time out of the busy schedules to meet in Sicily to ‘talk’ about climate change and see how they can save the planet. We should all feel a great deal of gratitude that these very important people took the time to meet and ‘talk’ about how we all should […]
We continue our series of publishing timely questions with our answers so that we can share with all readers. Today’s question is on the US dollar. Q. I simply do not understand why the US dollar is rising against all other currencies even after the Fed cut rates. Can you explain? A. The simple answer […]
An aging population will always have needs that are specialized and unique, and there is every indication that new technologies will be developed to meet those needs in innovative new ways. Baby Boomers were the largest population bulge up until 2016, and now their numbers are starting to dwindle, being slowly eclipsed by Millennials. However, […]