Economic Trends

Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.

Ukraine Declares Right to Bear Arms

Economic Warfare Deployed Against Russia

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As Russia defies worldwide opinion and executes one of the largest unprovoked attacks since WWII it is receiving some non-military pushback. Throughout history, there has always been an economic component to warfare. Waging war is an expensive proposition not only in human lives but financially as well. And often the “winner” ends up a loser when it comes time to pay the piper. Bankers have been known to finance both sides of a war and even to finance enemies when a country refuses to pay what they owe. Kings have had to grovel before bankers to finance wars and inflation has financed more wars than can be counted. 

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Declining Global Birth Rates

The Surprising Implications Of Declining Global Birth Rates

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the Institute for Family Studies published research saying that U.S. birth rates have fallen to all-time lows. And it wasn’t just in the U.S. birth rates were declining worldwide and this was pre-pandemic. So, with all the people staying home with nothing to do during the pandemic there was a massive increase in births right? No, not really. Research from the World Economic forum expects 23 countries to lose half their population by 2100 including Spain, Portugal, and Thailand.

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Alternative House Building Methods

Remarkably Quick And Easy Alternative House Building Methods

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There are a variety of new construction methods that are just coming into their own and each has its own advantages and disadvantages but they also have a variety of advantages over conventional “stick-built” houses. One thing that keeps us building the old way is simply that so many builders are familiar with the old methods. As more customers demand these new systems, and more builders use the new systems, they will begin to gain momentum and we will see a greater percentage of non-traditional houses.

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Blockchain’s Role In Stopping Money Remittance Operations Scams

How Blockchain’s Unique Innovations Can Prevent Money Remittance Scams

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 It’s not uncommon to hear the stories of vulnerable people falling for online scams. You’ve also probably had an email telling you that you’ve won the lottery in another country when you’ve never applied. And, of course, there is the legendary Nigerian Prince scam. On the surface, these scams sound amateurish, but these operations are much more complex than you might think with large-scale cooperation. There were 2.2 million reports of fraud in the United States in 2020. The actual number is likely to be much higher, but some people are too embarrassed to admit scammers tricked them. Money remittance operations are particularly at risk because the differences between financial systems between countries leave space for malicious actors to manipulate.

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Are 3D Printed Houses The Trend Of The Future

Are 3D Printed Houses the Trend of the Future?

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Imagine being able to build all the walls of a whole house in just 12 hours! That is exactly what 3-D printed houses are promising. The house’s 3D printer process uses concrete in the construction which has many long-term benefits, including strength, and durability in addition to the rapid construction process. Walls are typically two or three layers thick with airspace in between which is then filled with an insulating material making the houses airtight, energy-efficient, and strong.

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Cancer Cells

Curing Cancer with T-Cells

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Up until recently, cancer treatment has focused on bombarding the cancer cells with toxic chemicals or harmful radiation. This puts surrounding cells and even the entire body under stress to repair the damage caused by these stressors. But what if the body’s own natural defense system could be educated to target specific cancer cells and then enhanced and supplemented to be able to fight the cancer cells? That is exactly what the new called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy does.

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Global Trade

How Is Technology Affecting Global Trading Markets

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Being able to enter and execute stock trades on a smartphone application is something we can easily take for granted these days, which is amazing simply because this was not even remotely possible a couple of decades ago. Technology has always been at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets; we can’t forget that the stock market we know today as the Nasdaq made its debut in 1971 as the first electronic trading platform open to ordinary investors. Prior to that, all transactions had to be cleared with a personal broker by means of a telephone call. And individual transaction fees were much higher. Prior to May 1, 1975 brokerage commissions were regulated by the government and actually kept artificially high. In those days, buying 100 shares of a blue-chip company could cost $100 or more in commissions.

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Real Estate Rental Trends

The Making of the Next Housing Crisis

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Who could imagine that the seeds of the next housing crisis would be planted by the CDC during a pandemic? But that is exactly what happened. On September 4, 2020… well past the peak of COVID cases, the CDC unilaterally decided that landlords shouldn’t be allowed to evict tenants for non-payment of rent because a bunch of homeless people milling around could spread the disease. 

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