Historians and political junkies are already wondering how the new administration will deal with China in the next four years. Chinese GDP expanded 4.9% in the third quarter, a robust rebound from the ravages of COVID-19. How America responds to China should be framed by...
When an unpredictable marketplace emerges, it can be difficult to reproduce past success. If we choose what used to be, what used to work—sticking with just the familiar actions--we may find our goals out of reach. The outcomes those actions used to generate are no...
We have all been through a lot in 2020, and a return to normalcy seemed to be peeking its head around the corner this summer. Unfortunately, with the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases it appears we are destined to find ourselves in front of our...
The advance estimate for real gross domestic product (third quarter, 2020) increased by 33.1%. The real GDP decreased by 31.4% in the second quarter of this year. The Q3 increase is related to federal and state government efforts to reopen the economy after the COVID-19...
Elon Musk opened the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory late in 2019. The brand new factory was opened in 168 working days. Musk predicts that Tesla will be producing 1,000 cars a day in Shanghai by the end of 2020. China is Tesla’s second largest market, even with...
Keeping control over data security threats is especially challenging in an environment where many employees are working remotely. Phishing and ransomware attacks have multiplied since the start of the pandemic in March. Information security spending will increase by 6% in 2021, where spending by federal,...
“It’ll be a few months of shutdown, and then sales people will be out seeing customers again.” “We’ll definitely be back to normal by fall — worst-case scenario, the New Year.” “I hate to say it, but New Year’s was too optimistic…this can’t go on forever, can...
Kiplinger Letter is taking a shot at predicting business costs in 2021, even with all the economic uncertainty we are experiencing currently. GDP - Expect the economy to return to growth in 2021, with a 3.5% increase in GDP. Don’t expect the economy to rebound completely...
As we all know, 2020 has been a challenging year in many ways. For the employees of Lupton Associates, the challenge began when we lost our founder, Al Lupton Sr., earlier this year. For those of you who didn't know Al, or hadn’t had a...
As the first global economy hit with fallout from the COVID-19 virus, China is also the first economy that has begun to recuperate. It looks like the path to economic growth will be long and winding. Beijing is stimulating growth by using state investment in...