From Fake News to Fake Reviews When Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker lamented that he knew half of the money he spent on advertising was wasted, but he didn’t know which half, he spoke a truth about the mysteries of marketing that is as true today as it was when he said it in the early […]Read More
Stranger Things Ahead for U.S. Economy Trying to read the economic tea leaves these days can be more than a bit confusing. Even with a cornucopia of statistical data – and despite a predilection to see recession around every corner – the economic future is murky at best. The task is made all the more […]Read More
A New Sheriff is Headed to Cryptotown If you’re a free-wheeling crypto cowboy, enthralled by the potential monetary rewards and the wild west nature of a relatively unregulated market, you better sit down. After months of dipping his toes in the roiled waters of digital assets, Uncle Sam is ready to dive in headfirst with […]Read More
Wall Street fairy tales and the new reality The recent wild ride on Wall Street validates the conventional wisdom that the equities markets don’t like uncertainty. But apparently, they don’t like certainty either. The sharp declines in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other indices in the wake of Federal Reserve Board interest-rate hikes came […]Read More
It’s quarterly earnings time – get your dictionary The basic model of communication consists of a sender who encodes a message and transmits it to a receiver who decodes the message, and voilà, communication has occurred. But when it comes to business and economics – particularly in the quarterly earnings reports about to rain down […]Read More
Inflation, the Fed and fruit fly economics With the traditional end-of-summer upon us, there’s good news, expected news and predictable news about the economy. The good news is that inflation continues to tick downward, albeit not as fast as we want. And as expected the Federal Reserve Board is keeping its hands on the monetary […]Read More
If you build it, they will stay It may be just the beginning of a new school year, but many students are already looking to what comes next after graduation. And they aren’t alone in thinking about what the future will bring. For some, the prospect of leaving home to make their way in the […]Read More
Don’t get in a panic about the economy Americans like things short and sweet. To say we are a nation of instant gratification seekers is an understatement. We want fast downloads, speedy service and quick answers, especially when the questions are about the economy. With the news that second-quarter gross domestic product was in negative […]Read More
Bracing for the next recession Things are looking brighter for businesses in the Sunshine State. Florida ranks No. 11 in cable business news channel CNBC’s annual Top States for Business rankings, up from No. 17 in 2021. While many so-called “listicles” used by digital media outlets to push page views are of the infotainment variety […]Read More
Bracing for the next recession Talk of an impending recession is in the air and is a favorite topic of pundits and prognosticators looking to fill columns and cable news segments. With inflation running above 7% and consumer confidence falling, conditions are ripe for an economic downturn. But what does it really mean when the […]Read More