Economic Commentary Feel Any Different? Well, we have a new President of the United States. Feel any different? We still have COVID raging, a vaccine-fueled recovery in the works, a bitterly divided electorate and an impeachment trial coming up. While that may not seem vastly different from last week, we might keep our eyes open to look for changes. One...” Read More
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Economic Commentary Wild and Crazy Year? Apologies to Steve Martin. We were hoping that 2021 would not be as wild and crazy as 2020. Yet the first few days of January was anything but calm. We started with spikes of COVID-19 as holiday gatherings and the cold weather provided ideal conditions for spreading the virus. The first trading day of...” Read More
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Economic Commentary Nothing is Easy. For those who are classic rock fans, the title of this very old song by the British band Jethro Tull might best describe our 2020 and our attempts to climb out of the pandemic. Certainly 2020 was not easy and our attempts to curtail the pandemic were not easy as well. Even the solutions have...” Read More
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Economic Commentary Looking Through The Looking Glass. You cannot look back at 2020 without using an acronym most of us had never heard of before 2020. Of course, that acronym is COVID. We started the year somewhat normally. The economy was slowing down a bit and the real estate sector was doing well. Then in March, the economy shut down...” Read More
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