thank you so much for the plug, dana! a very fun surprise as i was nodding my head along with your suggestions for macroeconomic indicators to ignore lol
Super helpful piece. It's really hard to look away from the train wreck happening now, so I appreciate the breakdown of what items actually impact regular people.
I appreciate this essay so much. I'll also acknowledge the stock market news of the week is *interesting* to me. It doesn't actually impact me -- I have no 401k or IRA or stock of any kind. (I should? I need to? Haven't been in the position to, regardless.) But IF people are going to pay attention to this because of their own retirement accounts and IF they can correctly assign blame squarely to one man THEN maybe public opinion (on this one man, on his party, on their economic positions) will shift. Maybe.
Yes – I was talking with my partner about how it's entertaining to watch the stock market tank under Trump because it bothers him so much (little things that get us through a day under a fascist regime... 🙃)
IF financial media was ever willing to draw these political connections, it'd be much more useful!
Thank you. It can be helpful to think about who handed you the message that you need to be informed about finance news (or ‘anything’ or ‘everything’). For me it was usually people trying to position themselves as more informed and knowing, trying to shut down my observations when I questioned a sacred cow (like, how will a budget when the real issue is not enough money). Often men, but also a few corporate women who didn’t need competition. And salespeople trying to convince me I was ignorant so I would pay for their biased advice. How often have you been at a party and when you asked, “How is this relevant to the rest of us here tonight?” the pontificator actually had a short and relevant answer?
👏👏👏 Thank you for this!!
thank you so much for the plug, dana! a very fun surprise as i was nodding my head along with your suggestions for macroeconomic indicators to ignore lol
Haha! Love that 🤗
Super helpful piece. It's really hard to look away from the train wreck happening now, so I appreciate the breakdown of what items actually impact regular people.
I appreciate this essay so much. I'll also acknowledge the stock market news of the week is *interesting* to me. It doesn't actually impact me -- I have no 401k or IRA or stock of any kind. (I should? I need to? Haven't been in the position to, regardless.) But IF people are going to pay attention to this because of their own retirement accounts and IF they can correctly assign blame squarely to one man THEN maybe public opinion (on this one man, on his party, on their economic positions) will shift. Maybe.
Yes – I was talking with my partner about how it's entertaining to watch the stock market tank under Trump because it bothers him so much (little things that get us through a day under a fascist regime... 🙃)
IF financial media was ever willing to draw these political connections, it'd be much more useful!
Thank you. It can be helpful to think about who handed you the message that you need to be informed about finance news (or ‘anything’ or ‘everything’). For me it was usually people trying to position themselves as more informed and knowing, trying to shut down my observations when I questioned a sacred cow (like, how will a budget when the real issue is not enough money). Often men, but also a few corporate women who didn’t need competition. And salespeople trying to convince me I was ignorant so I would pay for their biased advice. How often have you been at a party and when you asked, “How is this relevant to the rest of us here tonight?” the pontificator actually had a short and relevant answer?
This is such a great point! Something I hadn't thought about, that there's an element of imposter syndrome involved.