I live in the USA and I am concerned about the future. I created this blog to share my thoughts on the economy and anything else that might catch my attention.
Schedule for Week of February 23, 2025
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The key reports this week are January New Home sales, the second estimate
of Q4 GDP, Personal Income and Outlays for January, and Case-Shiller house
prices...
Predicting Gold Prices with SARIMAX
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*Not investment advice.*
I collected 54 years of gold price data from the St. Louis Fed starting
9/30/71 (end of the US federal government fiscal year afte...
NVIDIA Revisited
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On August 26, 2023, 5 days before it a new closing hi at 493.55, I wrote a
critical post about NVDA - the stock, not the company. After that, the
stoc...
Stay away from popular tech stocks, part II
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Last August, I wrote a blog post arguing that largest technology and
internet companies -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft -- would
never grow i...
So, Where Have I Been?
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Well, of course, I have been where I am!
It's been a good few years away from this blog. I do miss some folks
terrible, and I sort of miss things financial...
Those Whom The Gods Wish To Destroy ...
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they first make mad. Still true!!!
*(Note: this post, and probably several others to follow, are actually
about the US dollar and relative currency trends....
Houston seems to be an exception to the trend. Residential and commercial (including office) construction is booming. It seems to have been going especially strong since the end of 2012. Maybe everybody should drill for oil.
And when I say we, I really mean the millions of college students around the country who may be expecting office employment to grow like it once did. Sigh.
I think cubical bunkbeds might free up some space. Is there really ever any need for employees with pagers to actually go home. Robots work 24/7. People can too!
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Houston seems to be an exception to the trend. Residential and commercial (including office) construction is booming. It seems to have been going especially strong since the end of 2012. Maybe everybody should drill for oil.
Luke Smith,
Houston, we have a problem.
And when I say we, I really mean the millions of college students around the country who may be expecting office employment to grow like it once did. Sigh.
Obviously people can afford commercial property just using their increasing disposable income.
Office of the Future
What it lacks in square footage, it makes up for in frugal mobility, lol. Sigh.
Speaking of the "Office of the Future":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009tNfQRd4o
Low overhead is key, especially for companies that are forced to cut corners.
Some might argue that our race to the bottom economy eventually forces us all to cut corners?
Don't be last!
mab,
The overhead is low.
Nice, lol. Sigh.
I think cubical bunkbeds might free up some space. Is there really ever any need for employees with pagers to actually go home. Robots work 24/7. People can too!
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