In the weeks ahead, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) wants your children to go back to school. They say it is necessary because children need schooling from a social, emotional, and behavioral health perspective. No one disputes that, so why are American parents balking at the idea? The short answer is that they are afraid for their kids. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that kids in a classroom are “super spreaders” of virus. Just think of what happens during the Flu season each fall and winter Despite assurances from the CDC that death rates among school-age…
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The weakening dollar
Sometimes, investors are so focused on the trees that they miss the forest entirely. Take the U.S. dollar, for example. It has been declining at an alarming rate, yet no one seems to care. Today, investors are so occupied by a number of trees—earnings, stock prices, dividends, earnings results—that a weakening currency is almost an afterthought. Unfortunately, if the dollar continues to weaken, it could radically change your investment choices. Most readers, in general, believe a strong dollar reflects a strong economy. The fact that it makes our exports more expensive, and imports cheaper, is also true. A strong dollar,…
And the winner is…
Dalton — At my firm, Berkshire Money Management, we get together to discuss all things that may, or may not, affect the capital markets. Whoever sits in the White House gets more credit (or blame) than they deserve for economic growth and stock market return, but there is certainly some connection. Up until recently, my official position on who will win the November 2020 presidential election was that incumbent President Donald Trump would pull off a victory despite every single poll pointing to a win for former Vice President Joe Biden. I have changed my mind and now I believe Biden…