2018 and older

October 12, 2015 Last week the NY Times pointed out that the rich are currently providing the bulk of the funding for the Presidential election .  This should not come as a surprise with sixteen or so Republicans  vying for the…

October 5th, 2015 I saw an eye catching headline this week entitled “Millennials Screwed”. I had to read the story since I am a big follower of demographics and their effects on the economy.  When one entire generation of eighty…

October 2015 Last quarter we wrote about the unusual lack of volatility in the equity markets and noted several indications that higher, more normal levels of volatility may lie ahead.  During the first part of the year markets were surprisingly…

September 28, 2015 We at NHCO have just this past week begun our Fifth Annual Women’s Investor Symposium. Those of you familiar with our firm are aware of our commitment to the education of our clients and others. We engage…

September 21, 2015 My wife and I could not have had more different high school backgrounds. I attended a large public high school which was mainly students from working class families. With a graduating class close to three hundred, my…

September 14, 2015 Perhaps you have been to Dave and Buster’s (D&B’s).  It is basically a place to have easy fun, with the look and feel of a casino for the family.  Grab a burger and a beer, give the…

September 8th, 2015 It is Labor Day weekend and a good time to reflect on the labor market. The job market is changing, and I think some of the changes are dramatic. Economists have long focused on the monthly employment…

August 31, 2015 Surely one of the oldest professions is being a lender of money.  As far back as 9,000 BC there is evidence of money lending.  The Babylonian civilization which thrived around 1750 BC had rules that governed the…

August 24, 2015 On Thursday of this past week I had outlined what I thought was a good “weekly”.  It was centered around an observation from a recent beach trip involving a little girl screaming frantically for her mother and…

August 17, 2015 As a boy I was enthralled with the US Space Missions, and I sat up very late to watch Neil Armstrong put the first human footprint on the moon.  In those days we did not have VCRs…