June 22, 2022 Michael’s CIO (Check-It-Out) Report on the week just past — events, sarcasm, and global macro reflections THEME: Solstice — long days GL🌏BAL Strike Korea🚚 Striking Korean truckers returned to work after 8 days, clearing another global supply chain disruption that had onlookers concerned — The container backlog at ports may take a few weeks to clear EUkraine: Expect European Union (EU) leaders to…

March 28, 2022 Michael’s CIO (Check It Out) Report on the week just past — events, sarcasm, and global macro reflections THEME: April Fools’ edition — Time travel, caffeine, Zootopia, yippee-ki-yay, AI, Loki, and the new tPhone UKRAINE/RUSSIA Time travel achieved! Stunning scientists worldwide, President Putin has achieved the dream of time travel not just for himself, but for an entire nation, taking Russia back 30 to 70-years…

June 15, 2022 I was quoted by InsuranceNewsNet, so in a break from my usual CIO (Check-It-Out) Reports, here is that business article and positive PR🙂 Chair Powell is willing to follow Paul Volcker’s inflation fighting playbook from the 1980’s that pushed America into recession. Running Point and I were…

June 13, 2022 Michael’s CIO (Check-It-Out) Report on the week just past — events, sarcasm, and global macro reflections THEME: Off Target GL🌎BAL Some Of Americas: The Ninth Summit of the Americas took place in Los Angeles, but only Some Of the Americas showed up. Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not invited, causing the presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico to snub the event…

June 6, 2022 Michael’s CIO (Check-It-Out) Report on the week just past — events, sarcasm, and global macro reflections THEME: Mexed Missages GL🌏BAL TurkFlation: Soaring food and energy costs propel Turkey’s inflation rate to +73% — the Turkish lira continues to weaken China: China is reemerging (again) from large-scale COVID lockdowns that have further dented its economy as well as global supply chains — Thankfully, as the rest of…

June 5, 2022 I was quoted by Fox Business, so in a break from my usual CIO (Check-It-Out) Reports, I’d like to mention that business article and positive PR🙂 Running Point and I were quoted on June 5, 2022 in a Fox Business article regarding “10 ‘inflation-proof’ career and money…

May 21, 2022 I was quoted by Forbes, so in a break from my usual CIO (Check-It-Out) Reports, I’d like to mention that business article and positive PR🙂 Running Point and I were quoted on May 21, 2022 in a Forbes article — regarding managing costs, losses, layoffs, and growth…

June 1, 2022 I was quoted by Reuters, so in a break from my usual CIO (Check-It-Out) Reports, I’d like to mention that business article and positive PR. Running Point and I were quoted on June 1, 2022 in a Reuters article regarding stocks and market sentiment that was also…

May 30, 2022 Michael’s CIO (Check-It-Out) Report on the week just past — events, sarcasm, and global macro reflections THEME: Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me🙊 Tragic: Police waited for over 45 minutes (a seeming eternity) before entering an elementary school classroom in Uvalde, Texas where a gunman held and shot hostage children — Ironically, Uvalde is known as the Honey Capital for production of mild and…