postcards... may 7, 2023

This week, we discuss a never-ending social banking crisis... if the debt ceiling might crash the S&P… why I'm calmer than you are… and another 5 reasons why I live in Florida…

On May 7, 2023… we discuss…

• a never-ending social banking crisis…

• if the debt ceiling might crash the S&P…

• my current mood: calmer than you are…

• another 5 reasons why I live in Florida…

• the top charts and themes of the week…

Dear Old Friend,

They say the florida man is irrational, maniacal, illogical, delusional, insane, emotional, unstable, and maybe even absurd.

The term florida man is an infamous social meme, or whatever the kids call it… a headline generator about Florida residents engaging in outlandish legal behavior. The florida man became a punchline… a person deserving of media ridicule or shame.

But I assure you, old friend, it’s neither the man punching alligators nor the one trading oil-and-gas stocks under this coconut outpost that requires national shame and atonement…

The real problems – scratching at the collective American nerve and anyone still sane and enlightened – fester 725 miles north of Florida’s border. In Florida, we’re misinterpreted. In truth, we’re independent - wel…