Out to Lunch

The Saints, LSU, and Back To The Office

As we head toward the beginning of real Summer here in South Louisiana – you know, the day you wake up and it’s H-O-T – we might typically have vacation and hurricane season as top-of-mind issues. But this year things are different. Who knows if you’ll be able to take a vacation? With all of…

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And Now For Something Completely Different

If you’re a certain age or a fan of British comedy, you might remember the standard introduction to any number of bizarre sketches on the 1970’s TV show Monty Python’s Flying Circus was, “And now for something completely different.” On this edition of Out to Lunch we’re taking a break from unrelenting weeks of disturbing…

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Oil and The Fed

From the US perspective, there are two predictable economic pillars we have always relied on: Oil and The Fed. We look at the price and supply of oil to calibrate our economic position in the global economy, and we rely on The Fed to insure our economic security. In the past 2 months we have…

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What’s Going to Happen to Education, Real Estate, and Retail?

As Louisiana and parts of the rest of the country begin to re-open, there’s a question about the economy that everyone is asking: What’s going to happen to education, real estate, and retail? On this edition of Out to Lunch Louisiana we’re asking local experts in each of these areas to tell us. Retail With…

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Where To Now, Louisiana?

The journey we are on is leading us down a path that none of us have been on before. As individuals, as family members, as bosses or as employees, none of us know with any certainty what we’re doing or where we’re going. As a state we’re in the same position. On this edition of…

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