Every year in the last quarter of the old year/first quarter of the new year, I receive invitations from banks and brokerage firms to seminars about where the economy is headed. This has happened through COVID, virtually of course, as…
Lots of times in my career I meet people in business that are good at what they do, whether its installing plumbing or operating a restaurant, but they don’t like to “do numbers”. JP Morgan once said that he could…
GreenPrint commissioned an interesting survey that says 64% of Americans are willing to pay more for sustainable products. “Willing to pay more” (amount unspecified) is one thing, but how does this fit with current increases in energy prices? A side…
I read Breaking Rockefeller by Peter Doran recently. John D. Rockefeller was perhaps the richest person ever, adjusting for inflation. Rockefeller was from Ohio and got into the oil business in the late 1800s. Recall that nearby Pennsylvania was the…
PJ O'Rourke died recently at the age of 74. I was not a follower of his, but he may be like Elvis and become more famous after death. Born in Ohio, O'Rourke grew long hair and assumed a hippie demeanor.…
Winter 2022 According to San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President, Mary C. Daly, job openings today far exceed the number of people applying for positions, and wages are climbing briskly. Lack of workers constrains our economy. Nearly every nursing home…
Fall 2021 One of my favorite books is Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities. Sherman McCoy, the protagonist, is an investment banker who self identifies as a “Master of the Universe”. Residing in a Park Avenue apartment with 12-foot ceilings…
Lee Tabas of TABASFUNDING will be facilitating a Leadership Lessons seminar for the Free Library of Philadelphia. Mr. Tabas previously facilitated a Leadership Lessons Program at Philadelphia University (now Jefferson University) for MBA students. The Free Library will be a video…
Nancy and I wanted to reward ourselves - we received both of our COVID shots, so we planned an overnight in New York City. The secondary purpose of our visit was to see how the city looked. We had not…
COVID-19 has accelerated some trends. One is the move away from in-person purchases, favoring delivery. I don’t like it; I try to buy from stores as much as I can, but it is pretty clear that the future of retail…
