Très Chic: the Bum Look? First, it became fashionable for middle-aged men to sport a couple days’ stubble, ala Brad Pitt (on, umm, older men, it just makes them look unemployed). See, “Hirsute Conceits.” Now, I’ve started to notice grown men (vs. their teenage sons) going around at social functions and even business presentations with...Read More
Will He or Won’t He QE III?? If you’re going to spend 5 minutes watching the markets today — personally, I can think of better uses of my time — the interval to watch is definitely 1:16 p.m to 1:21 p.m. Why’s that? Because Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke starts speaking at 1:15 p.m. today regarding...Read More
“Collateral Damage & Unintended Consequences” Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian is to today’s financial establishment what Walter Cronkite was to the American mainstream, a generation (or two) ago: an unofficial spokesman whose views distill and encapsulate the broad consensus. So, his dispatches these days — including his latest, ‘Central Banks’ “Responsible Irresponsibility?”‘ — automatically command attention. Half-Time at The Crash of...Read More
Office, Politics That’s the new, official (Edina Realty) City Lakes office policy, as of this morning, per Office Manager Matt Loskota. With a Presidential election in the offing, some controversial Constitutional amendments on the Minnesota ballot this year — and an office full of opinionated Realtors — that’s a wise policy. Hear, Hear . ....Read More
“Is [What?] the Next [What??]” If you found yourself asking the latter of those two questions . . . you’re definitely not the target audience of Web start-up (and high tech rage du jour) “Pinterest.” So, who is? (Pinterest’s target market, that is). As best I can tell, it consists of “under 30-something’s” equipped with the...Read More
Not as Bad as Ak-Sar-Ben Stadium (“Nebraska” Spelled Backwards) [Dear Readers: Sorry, my body may be back in MN, but my head is still in Indiana. So, bear with me on one more Indy-related post.] If you needed to come up with a mascot for a baseball team in Indianapolis, Indiana, you might think you’d...Read More
