Sector Mail Archive
1-6-26: When Should a New Year Start – and Does it Matter?
by Jason Bodner January 6, 2026 Ancient civilizations never fully agreed on when a year should begin. The Romans started the year in March, aligning time with planting seasons and military campaigns. [...]
12-30-25: Santa Claus Arrives – Better Late Than Never
by Jason Bodner December 30, 2025 Did you know that when astronomers study distant galaxies, they often discard the brightest signals first? The strongest bursts of light are frequently cosmic noise, interference [...]
12-23-25: Seeing Beyond Our Stubborn Biases
by Jason Bodner December 23, 2025 It’s human to jump to premature conclusions. If I say the word “camel,” you probably picture a far-off desert in the Middle East, maybe in Saudi [...]
12-16-25: Growth is More Likely After Seeming Disasters
by Jason Bodner December 16, 2025 In nature, growth accelerates not when all conditions are perfect, but when energy reallocates to where it is most productive. For instance, after a forest fire, [...]
12-9-25: Into Each Month Some Rain Must Fall
by Jason Bodner December 9, 2025 Led Zeppelin’s great Rain Song said: “Upon us all a little rain must fall.” Decades before that classic song, the Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald delivered [...]
12-2-25: Thanksgiving Week Pushes November into the Green
by Jason Bodner December 2, 2025 In the Arctic, scientists revived ancient viruses trapped in permafrost for tens of thousands of years. Amazingly, they reawakened instantly, once exposed to the right conditions. [...]
11-25-25: The Market Could Use a Winter “Flu Shot”
by Jason Bodner November 25, 2025 It looks like this market has the flu. My son caught the flu last week. He is feverish and miserable, but I let him know that [...]
11-18-25: Turn Up the Quiet…In Order to Hear the Market’s Heartbeat
by Jason Bodner November 18, 2025 The quietest place on Earth is Minnesota’s Orfield Labs. Sit inside long enough and you can hear your own heart-beat and even blood flowing. When external [...]
11-11-25: Turbulence Strikes During Most Flights…and in Most Market Months
by Jason Bodner November 11, 2025 Before the current TSA backlog, during any normal business day there are 12,000 to 14,000-commercial planes in the sky at any given moment, and more than [...]
11-4-25: What’s Elevating the Stock Market to New Highs?
by Jason Bodner November 4, 2025 I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a kid. There’s a scene where Charlie’s grandfather and he try a super-fizzy body-lifting drink. It works, [...]
10-28-25: Is This an “Ominous Silence or “The Pause That Refreshes?”
by Jason Bodner October 28, 2025 Deep in the Chilean desert sits the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, 66-radio telescopes listening to space. What fascinates scientists most isn’t the noise; it’s the silence [...]
10-21-25: Most Corrections Do Not Become Crashes
by Jason Bodner October 21, 2025 Did you know that when a star dies, it doesn’t always explode into a spectacular supernova? Sometimes, the star simply dies, or disappears. Astronomers call it [...]