Financial Market Fear: 2016 Isn’t Off To As Rough A Start As You May Think
Just a week into 2016, and the market is off to a difficult start. If it feels like déjà vu, it is. Chinese market volatility has once again reared its ugly head and is causing anxiety in the U.S. markets. As of Thursday’s close, the S&P 500 is down 10% from its May highs. While […]
Restaurants, Gas Prices Help Ease Unemployment
Have you ever worked in a restaurant? You’re in good company – almost 50 percent of Americans have worked in the restaurant industry at some point in their lives. In 2014, there were around 13.1 million Americans working in the restaurant industry according to restaurant.org, and that number is expected to increase 9.8 percent to […]
Is Cheap Gas a Good Thing?
While the stock market has been making new highs over the last few weeks, there is one sector that continues to drop… dare I say plummet! In June, a barrel of oil cost $107, today (less than six months later) we are at $66 per barrel. That’s a drop of 38 percent. This has certainly […]
Ebola and the Economy
Just last week I did a quick 24-hour round trip from Atlanta to New York City. Thursday was the first day that a case of Ebola was reported in New York. Friday morning I tweeted a selfie “warm NY welcome photo” of me holding a copy of the New York Post with the headline “Ebola […]