3 mistakes investors make every time stock market bubbles pop — The first weeks of 2022 have been nauseating for investors. With inflation at a 40 year high, heavily indebted consumers, and a Federal Reserve with no more options left except to tighten monetary supply, investors should be preparing for the worst. Yet, most are not. In fact, it appears the…

The company is spinning out of control — Peloton was once a company plagued with product shortages. Now, it’s a company plagued with too much inventory. Much like the bikes of many of its customer base, Peloton products are sitting unused, gathering dust, though in this case on store shelves and in warehouses. According to internal documents obtained…

As music royalty rates drop, artists turn to merchandise for answers — A few days ago, I stumbled upon this post on Reddit. It generated lots of chatter online (even T-Pain chimed in), with many people pointing out how abysmally low the music royalty rates are. I wanted more clarity regarding where these figures were coming from, so I did some research…

The labor shortage is forcing employers to make concessions and difficult choices as they struggle to find workers. — Even as the U.S. returns to shades of normalcy and the economic growth under President Joe Biden continues to rise, new financial concerns abound in many circles. The labor shortage is affecting both large and small businesses, forcing employers to make concessions and difficult choices as they struggle to find…

The price that matters is how long you have to work to drive your car 100 miles — “Gas prices are the highest they’ve ever been!” screamed a recent headline in the Los Angeles Times. “Pain at the pump drives Biden’s suffering in the polls!” trumpeted Politico. Really? About time to remind folks that by historical standards, it’s still pretty cheap to drive your car. How could that…

The self-proclaimed “Nike of sleep” proves there’s no such thing as a $1 billion mattress company — Casper — the original DTC darling and self-proclaimed “Nike of sleep” — is now proof that there’s no such thing as a $1 billion mattress company. In a whirlwind two years, the mattress-in-a-box company has gone from being the lead disrupter in the ‘sleep economy’ with a value of $1.1…