SpaceX IPO: The Market Terms Behind a Historic First-Day Pop
SpaceX's IPO was not just large. Its valuation, allocation, price discovery, key-person risk, index inclusion, and first-day pop made it a market event.
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The Mac mini Has Become an AI Workhorse, and Apple Can't Keep Up
Apple's Mac mini has become a favorite machine for local AI work, pushing some models into backorder, lifting resale prices, and moving the entry point from $599 to $799.
From Housing-Crisis Hangover to High-Rate Debt: Inflation and the National Debt in 2026
A 2026 update on inflation and the national debt, comparing the low-rate housing-crisis aftermath with today's higher-rate, higher-debt economy.
Why Gold Fell While Stocks Were Selling Off
Gold is supposed to benefit from fear, but today stocks and gold fell together as a strong jobs report pushed investors toward higher-rate expectations, cash-like safety, and the dollar.
Today’s Jobs Report and What It Means for Interest Rates
The May 2026 jobs report was stronger than expected, shifting the interest-rate conversation away from cuts and back toward inflation risk.
Reasons the Economy May Avoid Recession Soon: 2026 Update
A 2026 update on whether the economy may avoid recession soon, with labor market, GDP, industrial production, and leading indicator charts.
Income and Wealth Per Person Worldwide: 2026 Update
A 2026 update on global income and wealth per person, comparing the 2012 snapshot with current GDP, wealth, poverty, and inequality data.
Switching from ChatGPT to Google Gemini
Over the last two weeks, I’ve started to make some websites and apps using ChatGPT, and I’ve been very excited about it, but there have been some problems using ChatGPT. Sometimes it will just keep repeating the same mistakes again and again, even after you tell it about the mistake, so tonight I started using Gemini and tested it out on a mistake that ChatG...
Market Should Hit 16,000 in 2013
More reasons it will happen than won't
Reasons the Economy will not go into Recession Soon
There are plenty of reasons to be positive.
The Debt Ceiling and the Market
It is approaching
Inflation and the National Debt
Inflation makes paying it off easier
The Myth about Job Creation
We have been living in a fantasy about job creators, and our understanding needs to change.
Lee Atwater on a Racist Strategy for the Republican Party
Lee Atwater's 1981 interview explained how overt racial appeals became coded language in modern Republican politics, a lesson still visible in campaign rhetoric.
Obama Being Elected and the Worst of your Fears Coming True
A sarcastic note about political fear after Obama was elected.
Romney, FEMA and the Olympics
Romney was a HUGE proponent and recipient of government spending for the Olympics at the local, stat
Racism and Why I cannot vote Republican
The acceptance of racism through silence while others spread racist propaganda is the #1 reason I wi
Drug War, Prisons and Debt
If you add all the money we are spending on prisons...
Political Debate or Boxing Match?
As I watch people debate about the elections...
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It's back!