by Brian Pate | Sep 24, 2024
If you are a LinkedIn user in the United States, you were recently automatically opted in to let LinkedIn use your data and content to train its generative AI models. You can opt out by following these simple steps: Login to your LinkedIn account Go to Profile >...
by Brian Pate | Jul 18, 2024
The 7 Biggest Wastes of Time for Agents Consuming content instead of creating it. The average person spends almost 2.5 hours per day on social media. That’s over 112 hours per month. That’s over 1,344 hours per year. Social media is an incredible waste of time...
by Brian Pate | May 20, 2024
Let’s pursue an economic analysis based on Gavekal’s Four Quadrants discussed earlier this week. Today, we are clearly in an inflationary boom. Almost every piece of economic data, every commodity price, and market behavior points to this....
by Brian Pate | May 20, 2024
Gavekal’s Four Quadrants of Economics is a way to understand how the economy works by looking at two main factors: growth and inflation. Imagine a big box divided into four smaller boxes, or “quadrants.” Each quadrant tells us something different...
by Brian Pate | Nov 27, 2023
For four decades, PNC has calculated the costs of the 12 gifts mentioned in the famous holiday song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” This year, the annual Christmas Price Index® (PNC CPI) increase is mostly due to higher labor expenses, which reflect the...
