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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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