by Thomas Powell | Nov 26, 2018 | Commercial Real Estate, Economics, Uncategorized
I am going to switch gears a bit because it has been a while since I’ve written about commercial real estate. In our minds this time of year, CRE is inextricably linked to the current state of retail. Let us talk a bit about the business of the entertainment retail...
by Thomas Powell | Aug 30, 2018 | Energy, Uncategorized
California Needs a Way to Store its Solar and Wind Energy The Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power is proposing to turn the Hoover Dam into a giant battery that would act as storage for locally-produced wind and solar energy, to the tune of $3 billion. The New York...
by Thomas Powell | May 25, 2018 | Economics, Uncategorized
What is considered “wealthy” in America? Depends on who you ask … and where you live … and what you like to do … and other things. According to a recent study from Charles Schwab, to be wealthy in America means making $2.4 million a...
by Thomas Powell | Apr 27, 2018 | Economics, Uncategorized
As you’ve likely heard, China is making some mega-moves when it comes to investing in infrastructure projects, such as new ports, new cross-country roads, railways and power plants as part of President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road project. Many of these projects are...
by Thomas Powell | Feb 25, 2018 | Oil & Gas, Uncategorized
Earlier this month, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced a date had been set for the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. This comes after we learned in January that President Trump would reverse a program that previously kept offshore...
by Thomas Powell | Feb 15, 2018 | Investing, Uncategorized
The Trump Administration’s major tax overhaul already showed slight impact in 2018’s first few rounds of pay stubs, as W2 employees noticed slightly less in their tax-withholding column and slightly more in their take-home pay column. This is one of the changes we can...
