Our takeaways from the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting which was held on Saturday, May 6th. What did the two wise men, Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger tell us? “You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many wrong.” Warren Buffett I’ve been critical of …
On this week’s Looking Backwards Looking Forward show we are discussing Ford’s loss in its EV division, Debt Ceiling chaos, US jobs report, FDIC making big banks pay higher fees (therefore actually making average American to pay for the deposits of the rich?), unexpected bipartisan team pushing ban on congressional stock trading, and what Apple …
“You got pigeon shit in your eyes? You’re pathetic, you know that. You’re a disgrace to your profession.” Well, the funny part of that exchange in the 1984 basketball movie Hoosiers was that Coach Dale played by Gene Hackman was trying to get kicked out of that game. He even told the ref as much. …
In this week’s Looking Backwards we are talking about the tension between China and Philippines in the South China Sea, Samsung’s preference between Google and Bing, and whether the Moderna CEO is the COVID winner. We are then Looking Forwards to the European Union’s fate in eastern Europe, high inflation, low growth in the US, …
This week’s Bygone Relics show is reminding us about the panic of 1893. Are there similarities to the current situation? Let’s find out. I recently had the good fortune to take a vacation which included a couple connecting flights. I booked through one airline and was able to select my seats and I had the …
This week’s LBLF show is bringing you Sudan’s conflict, Myanmar’s civil war, South America’s Amazon, India’s assassination, Brazil’s politics, and Canada’s government involvement. Looking Backwards Conflict in Sudan The civil war in Myanmar MercadoLibre adding 13000 jobs Looking Forwards Shooting of India’s godfather live on TV Brazil’s Lula seeking closer ties with China Volkswagen’s Canada …
In this week’s Bygone Relics show, we continue digging into the partnerships between the government and the private enterprises. While doing so, we are also drawing a comparison between Elon Musk and John D. Rockefeller. In our previous post, we discussed the silent partner Tesla and Apple have: the government. You have Tesla growing their …
This week on Looking Backwards Looking Forwards, we discuss the boycott Bud Light beer is facing from right-wing customers, interesting idea Californian electricity companies came up with, New York shoplifters, layoffs, and Dior landmark show in India. Looking Backwards Bud Light facing boycott California electricity companies rolling out fixed rate plan New York shoplifters California …
In this week’s Bygone Relics show, we investigate how government has allowed itself to be a primary partner of many multi-national businesses such as Tesla and Apple. Does this allow the government to choose winners and losers in our version of capitalism? We are going to talk about the unique relationship between business and government. …
This week on Looking Backwards Looking Forwards (LBLF) we talk about American national security secrets leaking, US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and China China China: Tesla sealing the deal to build a megafactory in China, Chinese state TV publishing Taiwan invasion blitz video, Macron and Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to China and the interesting …