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Population Trends Made Simple

My March 2023 white paper, Population: A Tale of Two Worlds, provided a good deal of information on differences in the growth rates of population in mature versus emerging countries, and the likely impact of this divergence on economics and the environment. Visual...

Very Narrow Stock Market

Very Narrow Stock Market There is an unusual dynamic in the stock market that technical analysts find worrisome. However, since I am the world’s worst market forecaster, I will only outline what is happening and then leave it to others to determine its...

Fads generally begin with a rational premise

Back To Earth

Wall Street has always been subject to fads that generally begin with a rational premise and then morph into bubbles as they gain popularity in the broader public. I am not referring to meme stocks such as GameStop which soared and then crashed...

In Q1 2023 Credit Card Debt was at a record level

Credit Card Debt

American credit card debt in the first quarter of 2023 was at a record level of $986 billion having exceeded the previous high of $927 billion which took place in the fourth quarter of 2019. One particularly interesting note is that debt was...