I enjoy writing these dailies for so many reasons, not the least of which is the rabbit hole of research writing them often sends me down into.
For instance, I delved more into 1979 and interest rates. At the time, …
Day of the Dead is a 3-day holiday that focuses on gatherings of family and friends to remember and pray for those who have died. Families build altars to honor the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds and the favorite foods …
Tonight, I table all Economic Modern Family members, their foibles and shotgun weddings, (along with all other of my plentiful metaphors and attempts at humor) to bring you one of my favorite trading strategies.
First, to follow up with Monday …
This past weekend, Keith and I traveled down to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. In 1950, Ralph Edwards, host of the then radio quiz show Truth or Consequences, announced he would air the program from the first town that renamed …
Bulls and Bears Win
With Halloween just around the corner, our Economic Modern Family has been brainstorming which costumes best reflect the recent division among the members.
If you are new to this daily, last week I traversed everything from …
What’s a shotgun wedding without Granddad and Grandma in attendance?
NASDAQ and Semiconductors hired Draghi to cater the wedding with a cocktail hour that begins serving Italian cheeses.
Apparently, SMH and QQQ Google searched different varieties of cheese before ordering …
For fun, many articles reported how accurate the film “Back to The Future” was predicting how life would be on October 21, 2015.
Some accurate predictions included big-screen TVs, video phones, drones, hands-free video games, video glasses, everyday athletic apparel …
Big Bro’ Sends Regrets
Referring to the pending shotgun wedding between NASDAQ and Semiconductors, Monday night I wrote: “Since the essence of a Shotgun Wedding is that it is hurriedly planned, that could explain the Economic Modern Family’s delay on …
A shotgun wedding is a wedding that is arranged to avoid embarrassment due to an unplanned pregnancy.
Back in the day, the father of the pregnant daughter might resort to using coercion (like a shotgun) to ensure that the man …
Have you ever played “Farmer in the Dell?” Players form a circle holding hands around one who is designated as the farmer, singing the 1st verse while moving around.
When the verse if over, the farmer chooses a wife. She …