California Secession

Ever since Texas became part of the United States, they’ve threatened to secede. California may beat them to it. One Continue reading →

Sea Level Gauge Biases

It looks like there’s a mistake in the measure of sea level rise. Getting good data is difficult; especially, when Continue reading →

Stashed Cash

Enough people are worried about the investment environment that approximately $50T ($50,000,000,000,000) is being held as “cash”. It isn’t $50T Continue reading →

US Jobs Report October 2016

The US did it again, more jobs; and this time with more wages. 161,000 jobs were added. Wages were up Continue reading →

Swapping Bolivars For Bitcoins

There’s always some instability in the currency markets, which is great for traders but tough for the people living in Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2016

There is a life expectancy gap between the richest 1% and the poorest 15 of >14 years for men and > Continue reading →

Electric Cars Lower Health Costs

Electric cars have an intended consequence: lowered health care costs. The effect looks to be a secondary or tertiary effect, Continue reading →

Traders Shifting To Longer Bonds

Bonds are acting strange. When inflation was the norm and the world economies were growing, bonds would pay a few Continue reading →