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  • How the Turntables….

    As Michael Scott said in the show The Office ” Well, well, how the turntables…….have turned”. For the last 6 months I have watched people hammer away at the BLS and the US employment reports and the revisions. I have watched as people claim that interest rates should be lower than they are based on…

  • Here Comes The Repo Man

    Contrary to the title of the blog, we aren’t going to repossess anything. Quite the contrary actually. I can usually tell when people get nervous about a certain topic simply based on the number of emails I get to my inbox. This week was no exception after the BOC made an announcement on Friday: As…

  • Kevin Wants A Job Man…

    Jobs are the talk of the town this morning with both Canada and the US releasing June employment numbers. State side saw growth of 206,000 new positions. While this is a beat of the consensus of 200,000, it is well below previous months job gains, and is more evidence that things are slowing down. That…

  • Forget The Flowers

    In todays day and age of social media, it is very easy to get caught up in things. We see all of the moments in peoples lives that they want us to see. Fancy trips, big announcements, and all the ‘ things’. How many times have you witnessed people post a hundred pictures of the…

  • Does the math, math?

    At 8:30 EST this morning, the Canadian employment report rolled out. Of course the headline number showed that Canada added 37000 jobs. Cool, right? Well not so fast. Dig a little deeper and the numbers start to look a little less cool. On the net, yes, 37,000 jobs were created, however 49,000 of the jobs were part time, so…

  • Potpourri

    What a better way to start off 2024 than some random fire points that truly complement my ADD? While the world celebrated the turning of the calendar, a lot has been going on. Ahoy Mate!! As I mentioned in a post a little over a week ago, pirates are back at it. 4 Houthi rebel boats attempted…