This morning it’s still nice outside but I guess tonight a little weather is coming in. Lori is home today so we’ll probably head to the gym. I’m in Denver tomorrow for a few things in the morning.
I’m racking my brain to figure out how to capitalize on what our government is doing which appears to be purposedly ruining the economy and causing division among the people. Every decision seems to be designed to pick apart another segment of business and further divide us as a nation. Once the stalwart of things like women’s rights, freedom of religion and small business, they are now virtually the exact opposite. Interest rates are at record highs, while borrowing is tanking. Who wants to, or can afford to buy a new car or house with rates as high as they are, and the economy in free fall. Wage growth has fallen off a cliff and this is all with a shortage of workers. It’s going to be a rough landing, hold on.
There are glimmers of hope like America rejecting the woke agenda pushed by companies like Budweiser when they put a trans celebrity who has done nothing to earn celebrity status except be trans, as the face of Bud Light. America has overwhelmingly rejected this with the company losing 5 Billion in market cap (value), in less than a week. At the gym yesterday a trainer buddy of mine told me he went through his closet and threw out all his Nike gear and so did all his friends. Nike used this trans dude to model female sports bras??? Companies have been pressured to support this angry vocal group who acts like half the Country is trans. Nothing could deter them but one thing soon will, money. When they start losing value and sales, they’ll turn on a dime. If they don’t, it will be their own demise. Again, hold on.
Ok, enough of my view of the World. I do need to document it so down the road they’ll be a history of what happened. Now on to the day.
Yesterday at the hospital Lori was shocked to see parents getting their six month old baby a flu and covid shot! The flu season is over and well, we all now know about the covid vaccine. Not good. Meanwhile I was in Frisco and Marty and I hung out for a while and had a cigar sitting on his back deck in the sun, trying to figure out how to capitalize on all this chaos. The boys are well and finishing up the year. Jag has opted out of his internship this summer as he’s now taking a few more classes over the summer. The kid will graduate with 2 majors in finance, and two minors, one in Mandarin and one in math, and a quantitative finance certificate which might be the most difficult of all his accomplishments. We’re looking at starting a hedge fund focusing on 100% profit and not based on ESG ratings including emerging sectors like AI and crypto. We’ll see.
This afternoon we have cigar night. I think James will be home in time today. Time to get moving. Make it a great day and God Bless.