Feb 14Member-onlyStop Using Why and But, Them’s Fightin’ Words!Stop putting people on the defensive with these words Why? In elementary school, we learn there are five questions beginning with the letter W, and one question beginning with the letter H. It seems so concise and simple. Who? When? Why? Where? What? How? You deem them created equal. After all…Communication3 min readCommunication3 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Dec 3, 2022Bad Economic News is Good News for the Market!All news is good news — except bad inflation numbers! Yesterday’s Bad ADP Jobs News Things are so bad that even bad economic news is now good news! Take for instance yesterday’s ADP National Employment Report. It came in as the slowest month of job gains since January 2021. It was 127,000 new jobs versus…Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
Published in Right Way Investing·Oct 28, 20223X Your Money in 2023 with NanalysisExplosive growth at Nanalysis is happening right now This Cheese Has Aged We expected great things from Nanalysis in 2022. In some ways it failed, but in others it exceeded expectations in surprising ways. For the share price, it was a “lost year” where the share price has imploded from $1.30 CAD at the…Stocks5 min readStocks5 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Oct 18, 2022Real Inflation is Dead — Long Live Faux InflationLast Three Months — Very Little Inflation You don’t have to be a genius to look at the CPI numbers and see that inflation is somewhat stalled. From Jun to Sep the CPI number basically stuck at 296 and change. This is why the stock market is rallying IMO. …Economy4 min readEconomy4 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Sep 29, 2022The Market Has Bottomed — Here Is WhyInflation — Sideways Not Upwards The Fed would have you believe that inflation is rampant and that another couple massive rate hikes are necessary to tame it. When you drive down the road, do you look in the rear view mirror to see where you are going? No — you would wreck your car in…Economics3 min readEconomics3 min read
Published in Merely Pragmatic·Jun 7, 2022Opportunistic Landlords Are Cashing In — Feudalism is RebornFeudalism is making a comeback as “lords” stick it to the “serfs” Feudalism Reborn Do you remember world history where you learned about the feudal age? The age where most land in many European countries was owned only by the nobility? De ja vu people. …3 min read3 min read
Published in Lindsay’s Life Hacks·May 12, 2022My Best Side Hustle—How I Made $157.67 on Walmart Cash Back in 2022My best side hustle so far has been optimizing my cash back on credit cards. If I am going to spend $200 at Walmart on groceries, that is an opportunity to earn $10 tax free. So far for 2022 it appears I have made $157.67 in cash back. How do…Side Hustle3 min readSide Hustle3 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·May 6, 2022Calculate Your Pay Cut With TruflationHas inflation grown faster than your pay? CPI-W — The US Government Measure for Inflation Each year the government calculates how much social security payments will go up based on the CPI-W, the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This year in January the CPI-W generated a 5.9% cost of living adjustment to social…Economics4 min readEconomics4 min read
May 4, 2022Change Your Mouse Pointer Speed in Windows 10Introduction This isn’t quite as easy as it should be. Microsoft has done a half-job in moving all the legacy settings into their new control panel. Step 1 Next to the Windows button in the lower left hand corner there is a magnifying glass and a white area you can type. Click on that white box and type in “mouse speed”. Now choose “Change the mouse pointer display or speed”. Step 2 Now you can click on the mouse speed that you want on the scale from “Slow” to “Fast” and then hit “OK” at the bottom.Windows1 min readWindows1 min read
Apr 29, 2022Inflation — Will It Stop Soon?Introduction According to Truflation, a blockchain tracker of inflation updated daily, inflation was up 12% year over year as of today, April 28, 2022. That is truly a mind boggling number. …Economics6 min readEconomics6 min read
