Economics

April 30, 2025

SHI 4.30.25 – Lacking Confidence

  Tuesday morning, The Conference Board reported the consumer’s expectations for the future are at a 13-year low.  Even the Covid pandemic didn’t crush consumer hopes […]
April 23, 2025

4.23.24 – Beige Steaks

  Talk of President Trump and his administration have dominated the news cycle this year.    It’s exhausting.   I say we move on.   Today, […]
April 17, 2025

SHI 4.16.25 – TRADE WARS

  In a galaxy not so far away — actually just down Pennsylvania Avenue — a great disturbance echoed through the markets.   It is a […]
April 2, 2025

SHI – 4.2.25 – Tariff Time

  I had a long and interesting blog written.   But I’m not sending that one.   Because, essentially, …     Why am I not happy, […]