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Market Volatility-Nasdaq Falls, Dow Rises. Is the Economy Overheating? Not Yet!

Mar 17, 20213 min read

Market Volatility-Nasdaq Falls, Dow Rises. Is the Economy Overheating? Not Yet!

Rising yields on the U.S. Ten-Year Treasury Bond could be an early indicator of an overheating/inflationary economy. So far probably not.

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Mar 16, 20213 min read

The Secret World of Venture Capital

It's a rare start-up that successfully closes funding with Venture Capitalists. VC then hope a portfolio firm exits with a huge multiple.

Austin Unemployment Edges Down to 5.4% as Companies Continue Record RELO

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Mar 15, 20212 min read

Austin Unemployment Edges Down to 5.4% as Companies Continue Record RELO

Companies aren't reversing plans to relocate to Austin bring with them 1,800 new jobs. Unemployment now 5.4% versus 2.6% in January 2020.

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Mar 12, 20213 min read

Inflation Talk Talk

With COVID the economy has been down so long that prices that were suppressed are likely to rise but the Fed seems locked on low rates.

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Mar 9, 20212 min read

Is Walmart Positioned for Banking?

Traditional banks worry that Walmart with 150 million customers and more than 5,000 locations may be adding newly allowed bank services.

Austin-Based Semiconductor Manufacturing Hit Hard by ERCOT Failure.

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Mar 8, 20212 min read

Austin-Based Semiconductor Manufacturing Hit Hard by ERCOT Failure.

ERCOT's need to cut power at Samsung and NXP during the Polar Vortex is costly and casts doubt on the area's competency for manufacturing.

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Mar 5, 20212 min read

How To Persuade The Unpersuadable

Carefully nuturing your strong belief in a project/product/service can persuade the know-it-all naysaying boss to get behind a winning idea.

Broad agreement at G-20. Continue to support economies through the pandemic and economic recovery.

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Mar 1, 20212 min read

Broad agreement at G-20. Continue to support economies through the pandemic and economic recovery.

In a virtual meeting the G20 convened and agreed to continue supporting the economies through recovery from the COVID pandemic.

Don't Call The Maytag Repairman He Went Down the Whirlpool & Prices Increased

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Feb 27, 20212 min read

Don't Call The Maytag Repairman He Went Down the Whirlpool & Prices Increased

A decade of tariffs helped Whirlpool gobble up Maytag, increase costs to consumers by 12% and eventually moved foreign makers to America.

Speculation of Inflation-Cruise Bookings, Oil, The Dollar & Something Called Breakeven

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Feb 26, 20212 min read

Speculation of Inflation-Cruise Bookings, Oil, The Dollar & Something Called Breakeven

As we anticipate emerging from the pandemic and putting nearly another $2trn into the hands of Americans worry of inflation rises.

Demand for Light Duty Trucks At An All Time High Been Trending For Decades

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Feb 12, 20212 min read

Demand for Light Duty Trucks At An All Time High Been Trending For Decades

Decades in decline sedans are now less than 10% of car sales. Pickups, MiniVans and SUV are highly preferred in America. EV versions soon!

Increasing Minimum Wage Most Experts Believe Little If Any Impact on Job Number

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Feb 10, 20211 min read

Increasing Minimum Wage Most Experts Believe Little If Any Impact on Job Number

Prominent economic researchers data suggests raising minimum wage has little impact on job numbers & there are other stop gap programs.

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Feb 9, 20211 min read

CAPE Rising What To Do?

Stock values are high leaving retail & institutional investors fretting about timing the downturn but unable to find good alternatives for $

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Feb 7, 20212 min read

Austin-Top VC Funding

Austin startups pull in Venture Capital for companies ranging from Tattoo Removal to data tracking from satellites. Bumble seeks IPO!

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Feb 4, 20211 min read

Buy American-Talk Versus Practice

Pushing Federal Procurement to favor "Made in the USA" is appealing but ignores supply chain realities and international trade agreements.

Neighborhood/Building Power Issues-MicroGrid Networks to the Rescue

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Feb 1, 20211 min read

Neighborhood/Building Power Issues-MicroGrid Networks to the Rescue

Batteries to stabilize electric delivery will become common in buildings and neighborhoods. A small cube unit is made by Fluenceenergy.com

Austin Skyline 43 Towers Rising or Planned

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Jan 31, 20211 min read

Austin Skyline 43 Towers Rising or Planned

Pandemic aside corporate RELOs are hitting records & high rise builders are aligned with 17 on the way & 26 in-the-works or in planning.

Mega-Batteries Siphon Excess Grid Power & Redistribute at Peak Demand-Mighty Moss Gets a New Life !

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Jan 30, 20211 min read

Mega-Batteries Siphon Excess Grid Power & Redistribute at Peak Demand-Mighty Moss Gets a New Life !

Everything that is old is new might be the 2021 anthem for the Mighty Moss electric generating plant. New life from surging battery tech !

Carbon Dioxide Capture to Make Oil Extraction and Use Carbon Neutral

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Jan 23, 20212 min read

Carbon Dioxide Capture to Make Oil Extraction and Use Carbon Neutral

Sucking CO2 from air may save the planet. OXY envisions a future that removes CO2 using it to extract oil & making its use carbon neutral.

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Jan 20, 20211 min read

Are we headed for another Supercycle?

Gold aside, the pandemic depressed commodity prices. Oil aside, most are now well-beyond Jan 2020 levels. Are we poised for a supercycle?

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