Full Confession You may think that the current stock market swoon has to do with the economy slowing, the messy aftermath of the debt ceiling crisis, or disappointing job numbers. But I know for a fact that that’s not it. It was me. “Ross Kaplan, Contrarian Indicator” Two weeks ago, I took a maturing CD...Read More
Investors (and non-Cubans) Not Wanted When Cuba legalizes buying and selling homes by end of the year — as the government promised again this week — [observers] expect a cascade of changes: higher prices, mass relocation, property taxes and a flood of money from Cubans in the United States and around the world. –Damien Cave, “Cubans...Read More
Gone Fishing Sailing! Yes, real estate will be bought and sold somewhere in the Twin Cities today. But not by me. I’ll be sailing on Lake Harriet with a former neighbor and my sons — wind allowing.Read More
Acura vs. LEXUS vs. Hyundai Is it just me, or do the logo’s of Acura, LEXUS, and Hyundai all look vaguely interchangeable? They all start with a modernistic, boomerang-like shape, then rotate and tweak it until it resembles an “A” or “L” or “H.” I suppose one conclusion is that “great minds think alike,” and each company’s designers independently arrived...Read More
“In Your Eyes Lunch(box)” in your eyes the light the heat in your eyes I am complete in your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches in your eyes the resolution of all the fruitless searches in your eyes I see the light and the heat in your eyes oh, I want to...Read More
“Is there a “Taste of America” in India, Daddy?* “What is an expert? Someone who is 20 miles from home.” Switch the subject to food and add a zero (or three), and you’ve just described one of the culinary (marketing?) world’s enduring truths. And yes, the same phenomenon applies elsewhere; see “Minnesota Bratwurst — in...Read More
