2022

August 8th, 2022 The US housing market is in a bit of a pickle. Following the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, low government interest rates pulled down the mortgage rate for home buyers, supporting a historic rise in…

August 1, 2022 On July 21st the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its short-term interest rates by half of one percent. When it comes to central banking systems our focus in the US tends to be on our own dear…

July 25, 2022 The current ‘Reset Period’ has not been fun for many. Since the December 27th peak the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 Indexes have declined 25.2% and 16.6% respectively through last Friday.  During this period investors have been re-evaluating…

July 18, 2022 Do your colleagues know when you will have your morning cup of caffeine? Do your neighbors know what time you will arrive back home today? If you wake up at the same time every day, take the…

July 12, 2022 In my experience, the older you get, the harder you must work to stay in shape. Without disciplined effort, strength and stamina tend to go down while weight and cholesterol tend to go up. Entropy is relentless.…

July 5, 2022 Take a deep breath. I am going to get a bit wonky in this article. It is all for a good cause. I want to combat suggestions in the media that trade is bad for us. After…

June 27, 2022 I just returned from a long overdue vacation to Scotland, where Lisa and I were joined by our son, his fiancé, and her family for a hike along the West Highland Way. We covered about 75 miles…

June 20, 2022 The Thursday evening “Pizza Ride” is an Atlanta in-town group bike ride that starts in Avondale Estates and heads east to Stone Mountain Park. The ride got its name because it starts at the location of the…

June 13, 2022 I have just returned from traveling through Central and Eastern Europe on the excellent train network present in every country we visited. The trip was a powerful reminder of how that part of the world suffered terribly…

June 06, 2022 The time is finally here. It is now June, and we are officially into Summer, with the vacations and traditions that many put on hold the past two years back on the calendar. Weddings for friends and…