What are some signs of early, but undiagnosed memory issues? Medicine and money are probably two of the most obvious. Unfortunately, they can be lagging indicators because they may not be immediately apparent in real time. Medicine may seem to be a more short-term issue, simply due to the danger associated with a person forgetting to take their regular dosage. One example might be blood pressure. It increases because it’s no longer being controlled on a regular basis by medicine. That starts a potential ticking timebomb. It’s not unheard of for an elderly person to have a stroke, then the…

“What do you notice about that newspaper?” He asked, as he slid the local edition across the table. “It’s very thin?” probed the questionee, wondering if they were on the mark. While that was the most noticeable thing about the newspaper, it wasn’t the response the questioner was looking for. The local newspaper had obviously been short on pages for some time now, but now it was short on something else. “There’s no ads,” responded the questioner. There wasn’t an advertisement in the whole newspaper. While there were three ad spaces taken, they were all for apps or websites that…

As of writing the S&P 500 in the US is up nearly 15% year to date. That would be a decent annual return, but we’ve not yet notched six months in 2024 so it’s a very impressive return for half a year. Recently a poll conducted for the Guardian found 49% of Americans believed the S&P 500 was in the red this year. Still, that’s an improvement from September 2023. Back then 59% of Americans thought the S&P 500 was down for the year. At the time it was up 16% and finished up 26% for 2023. Unemployment? That’s never…