Housing goes on a diet
Technically we are not in a recession because some of the numbers are still strong. Or technically we are in a recession …
Higher anxiety
This whole recession business may not be a lot of fun, but it isn’t complicated. COVID blew big holes in …
The good old day
So far this year has been nothing but wall-to-wall angst: runaway inflation, stock market staggering, recession around the corner, gridlocked supply …
Helter skelter
No, not that helter skelter. Charles Manson lifted the term from Paul McCartney, who used it as a metaphor for a …
Herd on the street
Well, that escalated quickly. Sixty days ago the debate was all about how long it would take the rockstar U.S. …
Pension fund managers gone wild
Twas the season, all right. It’s become a holiday tradition for L.T. Gibson to hop in his sleigh and cruise …
Dirt simple
The cornerstone of any 12-step program is to admit you have a problem, so let’s admit it. We have an …
What goes up
Americans don’t agree on much these days, but we still stand together when faced with an existential threat. The trick …
A disturbance in the Force
Construction professionals everywhere felt a great disturbance in the Force when Menlo Park, Calif.-based Katerra filed for bankruptcy in early …
Unbalanced equations
With consolidators doing their best to hoover up both independents and each other in recent days, some have forgotten about the …