by Michael Mandaville | Apr 15, 2020 | Economics and Finance, Filmmaking, Headlines, Ideas, Trends-Economic
Disney (DIS) stock has been cycling up and down in this volatile climate, replete with the Coronavirus, a frozen economy, a quarantined populace and considerable uncertainty for Social Public behavior for the vast majority of American consumers – the absolute...
by michael.m | Mar 10, 2018 | Headlines, Ideas, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
by michael.m | Feb 2, 2018 | Headlines, Ideas
Vast change in the film industry is an understatement. For the first time ever, Apple’s App Store is set to overtake Hollywood in global revenue. According to this Daily Mail article, people will “spend $100 million a day on apps by the end of 2018.” So one has...
by michael.m | Mar 13, 2017 | Headlines
The pension crisis in California grows precipitously in its two major pension funds. CALSTRS and CALPERS. While the fund managers claim a growth rate of 7.5%, they only achieved 0.61% last fiscal year (June 2016). Furthermore, these two major funds are sorely...
by michael.m | Mar 13, 2017 | Headlines
U.S. and S. Korean forces are currently training on the Korean peninsula. Specials Forces such as Army Rangers, Green Beret, SEALs and more are training. Perhaps some with a mission to eliminate Kim Jon-Un, dictator of North Korean. The same Kim Jong-Un who has...
