Luckbox leans in with Ed Yardeni on the Measuring Misery

Yardeni, an investment industry veteran known as the “Wall Street Seer,” has held positions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Fed Board of Governors and the U.S. Treasury Department. He served as the chief investment strategist at Prudential Equity Group and Deutsche Bank and as chief economist at Prudential-Bache Securities and EF … Continued

DATA ISSUES

Every breath you take Every move you make I’ll be watching you. Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I’ll be watching you. —Every Breath You Take,The Police (1983) Sting composed those lyrics at Ian Fleming’s writing desk at the Goldeneye estate in Jamaica after his separation … Continued

Luckbox Leans in with Charles Hoskinson

On bitcoin’s entropy, cardano’s opportunity, the next generation of digital currencies and libertarian ideals Charles Hoskinson, amathematician and tech entrepreneur,served as founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation’s education committee and helped establish the Cryptocurrency Research Group in 2013. He was among the ethereum blockchain’s eight founders but left in 2017 to help start Input Output … Continued

Crypto Committed

Financier Anthony Scaramucci was well known among Wall Streeters and hedge fund insiders before he burst upon the national stage as White House communications director in July 2017. A scant 11 days after taking the job he was fired for dressing down a Washington Post reporter. Now, Scaramucci is pounding the table for a different … Continued

Crypto Contrarians

Was it ever worth it? Was there all that much to gain? Well, we knew we’d missed the boat And we’d already missed the plane We didn’t read the invite We just dance at our own wake All our favorites were a-playing So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake —Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse … Continued

Thinking in Bets

Poker can make players better active investors. An array of experts interviewed for this special section on thinking in bets say they apply the game’s discipline, strategies and mindsets to their market research and investment decisions. They’ve achieved so much success that gambling-related, bet-sizing skills have become highly valued in the financial community. Wall Street … Continued

Ouch! So that got us thinking…

What do you HATE about Luckbox?  The publishing industry has been kind to Luckbox. In two years we have won 15 editorial & design awards (far more than our peers) and each month we add thousands of new subscribers!  But we can still get letters like this one… “Wow…you’ve got to be kidding. An issue I won’t waste my time reading. … Continued

Amazon: Which side are you on?

My daddy was a minerHe’s now in the air and sunHe’ll be with you fellow workers‘Til every battle’s wonWhich side are you on?Which side are you on?—Which Side Are You On?, Florence Reese, 1931 The activist wife of a United Mine Workers organizer wrote those lyrics after the county sheriff and a gang of company … Continued

The Last Picture

Retirement Ink Comes Pensioner Vladimir Sedakov, pictured here at his home in Yekaterinburg, Russia, says he’s determined to cover his entire body in tatoos. In the meantime, he’s maintaining an admirably active lifestyle. The 74-year-old paints, wears costumes and tends to his  pet goat. In Russia, males are eligible for retirement payouts of 15,744 rubles … Continued

A Difficult Year for Distilled Spirits

Americans in COVID-19 lockdown changed the modes and means of their drinking habits in 2020, resulting in many losers and some surprising winners in the alcohol sector. Homebound alcohol consumption spawned the “quarantini cocktail,” even as the market for liquor imploded and spirits companies saw net revenues plunge. Hundreds of thousands of bar and spirits … Continued