The new tax reporting system was billed as "so easy it can be done on one page". They conveniently left out the fact that there were six schedules that you needed to complete in …
Netflix, Streaming Peacocks and Competition
For the longest time now, it has been a choice between Netflix (NFLX:NASDAQ) and Amazon's Prime Video (AMZN:NASDAQ) . It hadn't been much of a competition until Amazon started to …
Netflix Monetization
During their quarterly earnings release yesterday, Netflix (NFLX:NASDAQ) disappointed the investment community by adding 2.7 million paid subscribers. The analyst community was …
Managing Money In The Age Of Trump
I wonder what it would be like to pick stocks based on their fundamental book value as opposed to the current era where "momentum sources" are the chief determinant of price …
History Rhymes
In the Republic, Plato poses the query, "Who is to guard the guards themselves?". In other words, what happens to power that goes unchecked? I'm sure you know where I am going with …
Market Up On Interpreted News
The stock market is in the process of ending the recent rout with a four hundred point gain in the Dow as of the writing of this post. It seems that it's not the actual content of …
Plant Burgers, anyone?
One of the more interesting initial public offerings lately has been that of Beyond Meat (BYND). The company's stated mission is to be the "Future of Protein" - delicious …
Same-Store Sales Blues
It's always a little bit of a crapshoot when a company that relies on same-store sales as a metric reports their results. Same-store sales is exactly that: How did existing stores …
Cross-Selling in Financial Services
Cross selling has gotten a lot of print in the last few years. Unfortunately, when it comes to financial services, things that get the most attention are often those that are …
Bogle With A Twist
Jack Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. He was the visionary behind index investing and low fees for investors. Many have sat under …
DAVE & BUSTERS, WINGS, QUESTIONS.
Dave and Busters (PLAY:NASDAQ) is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Texas. They have 120 stores nationwide and plan to add more. The company opened …
For Preservation and Income
I recently read an article from 1968 which sought opinions on how a new widow should invest $100,000 that she received as life insurance from her recently deceased husband. …