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Beware the Headlines
By Alan Beaulieu on July 29, 2020

No doubt there are several reasons why headlines often state what they do, but one of them must be to grab a potential reader’s attention. I receive pushes from several major news sources,...

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Going Up!
By Alan Beaulieu on July 2, 2020

Not everything that goes up is a good thing. To be sure, the rise in COVID-19 cases in key states is a worrisome trend, and we watch it daily. We also watch COVID-related deaths in the...

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Do Not Fear the Future
By Alan Beaulieu on June 2, 2020

Pending Home Sales in the US took a real beating in April. The April 2020 to April 2019 year-over-year comparison (1/12 rate-of-change) posted the steepest decline on record, falling 34.6%....

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Nowhere to Go
By Alan Beaulieu on April 30, 2020

The export of goods is an important part of our economy. The $1.646 trillion in exports of goods alone at year-end 2019 accounted for 7.6% of US GDP. That sum, which does not include the...

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And the World Goes On...
By Alan Beaulieu on March 30, 2020

I learned a valuable lesson from my father-in-law 40 years ago, and it has served me well in life and in business. I hope it helps you. He taught me the value of staying calm when it would...

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Encouraging News From the World of Exports
By Alan Beaulieu on February 27, 2020

Exports of goods are an important part of the US economy; they accounted for 7.6% of GDP as of December 2019. This alone is noteworthy for two reasons. One, it means we make a lot of...

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