by Stephen Dyer | Jul 17, 2020 | News
In April alone, the U.S. lost more than 20 million jobs — increasing the unemployment rate to 14.7%. Researchers say one of the demographics hit hardest during the pandemic is women workers. Women tend to hold a disproportionate number of jobs in industries such as...
by Stephen Dyer | Jul 17, 2020 | Investments, Taxes, Uncategorized
Consumer prices fell by 0.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, the biggest drop in more than a dozen years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Conversely, prices for grocery items jumped 2.6%, the highest one-month increase in 46 years, with eggs rising...
by Stephen Dyer | Jul 17, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Will we learn to live with less? Some lessons were learned when the U.S. initially closed up shop and told everyone to stay home. For example, we can live without extra-soft, double-ply toilet paper and go a whole weekend without shopping at a store or eating at a...
by Stephen Dyer | Jun 5, 2019 | Market
This not the Fall of 20181. The Fed tightening into a slowing global economy was the cause of the December collapse last year not China/US trade concerns.2. Both the US and China are currently stimulating their economies with monetary and fiscal initiatives; the near...