Treasury Yields Take a Dive: Is the Economy Playing Hide-and-Seek?

Life is Like a Box of Chocolate... Sometimes Empty?

Mama always said 'Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get.' Well these Treasury yields are like that box but seems like someone already ate all the good stuff! Seems like these here Treasury yields done fell on Tuesday. Now I ain't no economist but even I can see that ain't a good thing. Folks on Wall Street were expecting one thing but like when I tried to play ping pong with my Army buddies the ball went a whole different way.

Retail Sales Take a Tumble Like Jenny After a Few Too Many...

These retail sales they dropped more than a dropped ice cream cone on a hot summer day. Down 0.9% the numbers say. Economists thought it'd be bad but this is like Forrest running into a brick wall. Now I always liked buying stuff especially shrimp from Bubba. But if folks ain't buying well that's like saying there's no more shrimp boats going out. And that makes a fella sad. Gas prices might be lower but folks still ain't spending. That's kinda like me sitting on that bench waiting for Jenny... things just ain't moving.

Trump's Early Exit: Run Forrest Run... Away From the G7!

Now President Trump he left that there Group of Seven summit early. Said it was 'cause of bigger things happening in the Middle East. That's like when I suddenly had to run and I just kept on running. Iran and Israel are fighting like cats and dogs and Trump is calling on Iranians to 'immediately evacuate Tehran'. Deutsche Bank says Israel might want to destroy Iran's nuclear program. All this sounds like a whole lotta trouble like when Bubba and me got caught in that storm on the shrimp boat.

Missiles Raining Down: Not as Fun as Rain on the Bayou

Missiles are flying around over there and folks are evacuating. It ain't as fun as the rain we had back in Alabama that's for sure. No joint agreement came out of that G7 summit which is like when I tried to explain to Jenny why I loved her and she just didn't get it. Sometimes things just don't come together.

What's Next? I'm Not a Smart Man But...

I don't know what's gonna happen next. Mama always said 'Stupid is as stupid does.' But I ain't stupid enough to predict the future. All I know is these Treasury yields are down folks ain't buying as much and there's trouble brewing overseas. So maybe just maybe we're in for a bumpy ride. It might be time to invest in some shrimp... 'cause that's all I know about really.

And that's all I have to say about that.

So like I said I'm not a smart man. But I know what love is and I know what a good shrimp tastes like. And right now I'm thinking we could all use a little bit of both. Maybe everything will be alright or maybe it won't. But as my best good friend Bubba always says: 'Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it boil it broil it bake it saute it...'