[buzzsprout episode='12668141' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 4/17 - 4/21. ✔️Debt is not always about FOMO and frivolous spending. It's taking every dime most people make just to survive these days. ✔️The LARPers are the ones who will get steamrolled the worst in the coming crisis. It's sad...
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay I've written before about the pantomime, theatrical nature of Corpo America. One of the responses to Carly’s post replied that he had a boss who accused him of leaving early each day and when he pointed out that he left at 5pm, which was not...
[buzzsprout episode='12655743' player='true'] IMO, going into a downturn in the best shape possible is to your benefit. Obviously financial health and wellness are important in an economic crisis, but I think it's also important to be in good shape physically, mentally, and spiritually as well. Links where...
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Remember back in February when a mansplainer told me this rot: "So if the serfs have options, they'll take them often for 10% less pay. And often, commuting costs serfs to reject job offers with long commutes, which is what people...
Image by Brigitte Werner from Pixabay Wall Street is an excellent well to draw water from. I've talked before about Gordon Gekko's epitomization of how the system works. IMO, he didn't just reflect the zeitgeist of financial speculating and cheating - he is a Machiavellian personification of the entire...
Image by Reimund Bertrams from Pixabay "Most troubling of all, though, is the fact that the focus thus far has been almost entirely on banks. But a lot of financial institutions (quite legitimately) hold large portfolios of bonds and other instruments subject to risks from the rapid rise in...
Photo by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash "We're very focused on having our team in at the same time," Neil Barr, chair and managing partner at Davis Polk, told the Wall Street Journal. "The expectation is that you come to the office and you support the culture of the firm...
[buzzsprout episode='12622725' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 4/10 - 4/14. ✔️Bankers and fat cats made huge profits in Q1, which should surprise no one. ✔️Retailers and fast food are having layoffs and turning to automation but supposedly: 3.5% unemployment rate and hey, if you're hurting for a job,...
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay "Oh, don't sorrow, no, don't weep / For tonight, at last, I am coming home. / I am coming home." - "A Sort of Homecoming," U2 The dark half of the year is my favorite time. Daylight at 9:30pm? Uh, no thanks. That feels...
[buzzsprout episode='12615879' player='true'] Subtitled: Listen to it at your own risk. Key topics: ✔️ This one person quit over RTO and you can, too! *said in the manner of "Champagne wishes & caviar dreams" on the old Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous.* ✔️It's not 2021 anymore. The FOMO &...