INSIGHTS
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COSTA’S CORNER
“Eyegore, more power!!! More Power!! Life! Life, do you hear me?! Give my creation LIIIFEEE!!!!!!” Frederick Frankenstein to his loyal man-servant Eyegore in Mel Brook’s comedy masterpiece, “Young Frankenstein.” Today begins a new era. Verizon is the first major telecommunications company to bring 5G technology to its customers, bea...
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COSTA’S CORNER
“We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.” Spoken by a true master of trade, Jack Ma. Seeing a report out of the Netherlands this morning about global trade in the first quarter shrinking by 1.8% has to make you worry a little bit. Granted, there are several factors that ...
MAR
20
COSTA’S CORNER
You snooze, you lose. Today will not be one of those days, trust me. The FOMC is meeting today to determine Fed policy for the near term and the experts all seem to agree on this, nothing will happen. No one expects the Fed to act on rates at this meeting or for the foreseeable future and I agree. The economy, while not steamrolling along is d...
MAR
14
COSTA’S CORNER
Something always seemed wrong The revelations that are coming out of this college entrance scandal I don’t think are all that surprising if you have gone through the process of getting your kids into a good college. I don’t think there is much sympathy out there for the parents that were involved and for the kids either. Having gone through t...
MAR
12
COSTA’S CORNER
“You say it's your birthday It's my birthday too, yeah They say it's your birthday We're gonna have a good time I'm glad it's your birthday Happy birthday to you” Still the best birthday song ever written by the Beatles from their “White Album”. Originally, I was going to write about the anniversary of the Bull Market which we are celeb...