With health on everyone’s minds these days, masks are becoming much more ubiquitous. The major benefit of this, besides the whole virology aspect, is the parallel reemergence of bandannas as a socially acceptable article of clothing. Do I need to say why bandannas are cool? They’re so rad. Almost everyone has one – they’re just […]
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Two numbers
100,000 and 6.6 million. These two figures represent the lower bound of estimates for U.S. COVID-19 fatalities and number of first-time unemployment filers last week, respectively. Markets reacted sharply to the former with a steep decline on Wednesday after the announcement from the White House task force. As the Trump administration has modified their language […]
Second amendment surprise
Having lived through very few global, or even national, crises, I’m taking stock in the behavior of those around me. There’s a significant difference between how some react to stress personally and how they react to stress as a member of a group. Runs on supplies, hoarding, and general rudeness shouldn’t be the American response […]
Body Blows: Bears v. Bulls
With COVID continuing its relentless attack on peoples’ health and the market, now is an excellent time to heed the advice of the CDC and sequester yourself away. Maybe catch up on your streaming queue? One movie that I watched recently was Creed, a sort of modern re-imagining of Rocky. Like its spiritual predecessor, Creed […]
Under the Weather
On Friday, US markets had their worst day since the summer of 2019. The S&P 500 Index fell 1.8% and the Dow fell 2.1% by the end of trading. The obvious cause is 2019-nCoV: the coronavirus that traces its roots to the city of Wuhan in China. Some market analysts are claiming that geography is […]