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Economy Grapples; Targeting Apples; New Great Stuff Pick!
April 23, 2020 Great Stuff
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? Filings for initial jobless claims jumped by 4.4 million last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today … and the market rallied. No, this isn’t déjà vu. This isn’t a glitch in the Matrix … no matter how […] Oilers Upset; Nothin’ Streamin’ but Debt
April 22, 2020 Great Stuff
Much Ado About Nothing? For the past several days, Wall Street fretted over plunging oil prices. Well, Wall Street was concerned for a while … the financial media just decided it was finally time to take notice. In classic financial media form, however, it appears that the hype surrounding negative oil prices actually prompted a […] Oil Be Back … With Fake Pork and Coke
April 21, 2020 Great Stuff
The Reverse Beverly Hillbillies Have you ever wanted to own your own barrel of oil? You know, just for funsies? Well, you are in luck! Due to pandemic lockdowns, plunging demand and a lack of storage space — the price of crude oil plummeted to the low, low price of about $1.25 today. Heck, 10-year-old […] Job Unrest; Abbott Tests; Netflix’s Best
April 16, 2020 Great Stuff
You’ve Got a Friend in Me “So, no one told you life was gonna be this way … (insert clapping here).” Weekly jobless claims are in, dear reader, and I had to do a double take. Roughly 5.24 million Americans filed new unemployment claims last week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Now, we’ve […] Outplaying Big Banks; J.B. Hunt Bucks Up
April 15, 2020 Great Stuff
Banks Can’t Dance Regular Great Stuff readers know that music underpins many of our pop culture references. But, try as I might, I couldn’t come up with a good banking song for today’s issue. Not even a jingle. The only banking-related pop culture reference that came to mind was the old 1970s Smith Barney commercial: […]