Economic Utopia And Spiritual Nihilism
Man does not live by bread alone – Matthew 4:4 The Bible says that man does live by bread alone. The cultural commentator Michael Novak once amended this as follows: Man does live by bread alone – but he needs…
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How To Play Crime, Violence And The Decline Of America’s Great Cities
On the front page of Wednesday’s WSJ, Heather Gillers wrote a terrific article on the decline of America’s great cities (“Wall Street Sours On America’s Downtowns” [SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED]). As you can see in the charts above from the article, they…
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Theft To Cost TGT $500 Million
Beyond macroeconomic challenges, we continue to contend with significant headwinds caused by inventory shrink, building on a worsening trend that emerged last year. While shrink can be driven by multiple factors, theft and organized retail crime are increasingly urgent issues…
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Play Rising Crime At A Discount With SWBI
Although the firearms market remains elevated and healthy with new entrants, it has cooled significantly from the height of the pandemic surge and seems to now be following pre-pandemic historical demand patterns – Mark Smith, Smith & Wesson (SWBI) CEO…
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Stocks Consolidate In “Snoozefest”, Precious Metals Show Life, Gun Background Checks and Sales Continue to Soar Amid Civil Unrest
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The Great Disconnect Grows: Dems Control Senate, Trump Supporters Protest, Russell ATHs, Bitcoin $37k and TSLA $756, Extreme Speculative Behavior and Bubble Valuations
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Please Shoot Me On The Midnight Train To Georgia: Adventures In The Bubble
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Avatar Drives IMAX Stock
Last Monday, IMAX (IMAX) announced their first $100 million box office quarter for the 4th quarter, driven by $54 million from Avatar. In the past week, IMAX outfitted theaters did about 25% of Avatar’s domestic box office with just 2%…
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Peter Goodman Revisits Cape Coral, FL
We’re not in a recession. We’re in a depression. – Bobby Mahan, a local real estate broker Two years ago, Peter Goodman wrote an award winning piece on the real estate bust in Cape Coral, FL: “This Is The Sound…
