Category Archives: MN Gordon

Dock Worker Shakedown and You

The fog was especially thick one morning last week.  Visibility was greatly constrained.  The fog horns bellowed in the darkest hour before dawn while we stirred from our splendid slumber. Here in Long Beach, the frenetic movement at the mammoth … Continue reading

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China’s Concrete Problem

There’s always something fascinating going on when it comes to the economy.  Take China, for instance.  According to the International Monetary Fund, and the notion of purchasing power parity, they’re the world’s largest economy. Nonetheless, they’ve started the year off … Continue reading

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What Groundhog Day Means for Stocks

Something remarkable happened this week.  The price of oil didn’t go down.  It did the opposite…it went up. For one reason or another, no one really knows, this was construed as bullish for stocks.  Perhaps rising oil prices mean there’s … Continue reading

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Leading the Next Economic Downturn

Markets went haywire again this week.  The DOW flipped and flopped like a fish out of water.  Something spectacular is heading this way…you can just feel it. U.S. government debt has now eclipsed $18.1 trillion.  Tack on the debts of … Continue reading

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