The W’s have it this morning. Yeah – It’s a real cluster-something down at the far end of the alphabet… 1W: Work The Labor Department is just out with: Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 225,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported … Read More
Breaking: Challenger Jobs Cuts soar to an 11-month high: Job cuts announced by U.S.-based employers jumped 106%, from December’s total of 32,843 to 67,735, the highest monthly total since February 2019, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Last month’s total is … Read More
You can’t live 70+ years – filing tax returns for 57 years – and not learn a thing or three about how to make tax-time easier. Since most of the major brokerage firms will have their data ready for import into tax software programs in a week or two, I sat down and started the … Read More
“If they can run a Caucus, how can they run a Country? – G. Ure None Won Iowa The first BPL (Big Pant Load) of the morning hails from Iowa. Remember, we framed last night’s Iowa Caucuses as a “Statewide IQ test.” Well, the whole left-side of the state failed. As of this morning, the … Read More
Doggonit! If I had just looked at the market charts, instead of working in the shop this weekend, I would have seen that the Chiefs were going to win. Because? (For those of us not hooked on Vegas-style T&A half-time shows, having sourced our own locally…) Investopedia has a good article on the “Super Bowl … Read More
Out here in the Outback of East Texas, we are continuing with prepping for a global pandemic. As of Friday, the numbers were edging up toward 10,000 cases and 200 dead. A modest 2.1-percent fatality rate, except for a few asterisks. One is that the disease can take up to 14-days to present symptoms and, … Read More
We have a surprise from us “Hicks in the Sticks” – Tech is losing its Urban bias. Sure there are some drawbacks to remote living, but thanks to technology, we’re catching up fast and the lifestyle rocks. More detail – and something of a short urban mass migration history – after we run through our … Read More