Pete Arethas
@petea.bsky.social
Visiting Professor of Economics, Private Equity and Finance.
Adjunct Professor of Economics and Business Strategy.
Chicago
Adjunct Professor of Economics and Business Strategy.
Chicago
By tomorrow morning we’ll set a post that the FBI has arrested this guy … and MAGA will believe it.
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 AM
By tomorrow morning we’ll set a post that the FBI has arrested this guy … and MAGA will believe it.
Minneapolis. Jan 2026. ICE is wearing the Redcoats.
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Minneapolis. Jan 2026. ICE is wearing the Redcoats.
Minneapolis today. ICE is wearing the Redcoats
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Minneapolis today. ICE is wearing the Redcoats
Minneapolis. Jan 2026. ICE is wearing the Redcoats.
January 24, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Minneapolis. Jan 2026. ICE is wearing the Redcoats.
… live look at Minneapolis.
(ICE is wearing the Redcoats.)
(ICE is wearing the Redcoats.)
January 24, 2026 at 6:20 PM
… live look at Minneapolis.
(ICE is wearing the Redcoats.)
(ICE is wearing the Redcoats.)
Google Gemini on tourism opportunities on post-Maduro in Venezuela. Anyone know a US executive branch leader that builds hotels?
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Google Gemini on tourism opportunities on post-Maduro in Venezuela. Anyone know a US executive branch leader that builds hotels?
This Democrat copy and paste messaging strategy is failing. Badly.
How in the heck is your party’s approval rating sooo awful when the other party is running their fascism authoritarian playbook?
How in the heck is your party’s approval rating sooo awful when the other party is running their fascism authoritarian playbook?
October 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This Democrat copy and paste messaging strategy is failing. Badly.
How in the heck is your party’s approval rating sooo awful when the other party is running their fascism authoritarian playbook?
How in the heck is your party’s approval rating sooo awful when the other party is running their fascism authoritarian playbook?
And they’re doing a phenomenal job at it. These poll numbers seem bad. Perhaps it’s time for them to wake up. Their “cut and paste” posts aren’t working.
October 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And they’re doing a phenomenal job at it. These poll numbers seem bad. Perhaps it’s time for them to wake up. Their “cut and paste” posts aren’t working.
Wandering and dementia.
August 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wandering and dementia.
Reminds me of this story of Reagan’s security detail.
August 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reminds me of this story of Reagan’s security detail.
Breaking Away (1979)
Blues Brothers (1980)
Bloomington, Chicago. Top 10 sports movie. Top 10 comedy.
Blues Brothers (1980)
Bloomington, Chicago. Top 10 sports movie. Top 10 comedy.
July 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Breaking Away (1979)
Blues Brothers (1980)
Bloomington, Chicago. Top 10 sports movie. Top 10 comedy.
Blues Brothers (1980)
Bloomington, Chicago. Top 10 sports movie. Top 10 comedy.
From Chicago’s south side … Pope Leo XIV.
May 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
From Chicago’s south side … Pope Leo XIV.
95% chance this is Madagascar they negotiated with.
April 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
95% chance this is Madagascar they negotiated with.
US-based, car-making robots will be happy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
US-based, car-making robots will be happy.
Just posting this randomly. Nothing to see with one person causing a 15% selloff and then a 10% rebound in 5 trading days in the U.S. public equity market.
www.investor.gov/introduction...
www.investor.gov/introduction...
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just posting this randomly. Nothing to see with one person causing a 15% selloff and then a 10% rebound in 5 trading days in the U.S. public equity market.
www.investor.gov/introduction...
www.investor.gov/introduction...
Yes, Treasury yields are up.
Yes, we’d expect a flight to safety during equity mkt turbulence.
No, the world hasn’t abandoned our debt just yet.
But the consequences are potentially catastrophic for one foolish person to risk our T-bill’s decades-long status as the planet’s “risk-free” asset.
Yes, we’d expect a flight to safety during equity mkt turbulence.
No, the world hasn’t abandoned our debt just yet.
But the consequences are potentially catastrophic for one foolish person to risk our T-bill’s decades-long status as the planet’s “risk-free” asset.
April 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Yes, Treasury yields are up.
Yes, we’d expect a flight to safety during equity mkt turbulence.
No, the world hasn’t abandoned our debt just yet.
But the consequences are potentially catastrophic for one foolish person to risk our T-bill’s decades-long status as the planet’s “risk-free” asset.
Yes, we’d expect a flight to safety during equity mkt turbulence.
No, the world hasn’t abandoned our debt just yet.
But the consequences are potentially catastrophic for one foolish person to risk our T-bill’s decades-long status as the planet’s “risk-free” asset.
If you enjoy catching falling knives the S&P 500 futures are down another 4% tonight.
April 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you enjoy catching falling knives the S&P 500 futures are down another 4% tonight.
Hello Central Florida GOP - delete these tourism impact charts and stories before one of your neighbors in the Mar-a-Lago nursing home sees them.
He’s trying to crater your state’s entire economy.
He’s trying to crater your state’s entire economy.
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hello Central Florida GOP - delete these tourism impact charts and stories before one of your neighbors in the Mar-a-Lago nursing home sees them.
He’s trying to crater your state’s entire economy.
He’s trying to crater your state’s entire economy.
Get to the know the “Multiplier Effect”.
The impact of fewer foreign visitors spending money in the US this spring, summer and fall will reverberate through the economy. Tourism accounts for $2.5 TRILLION in U.S. GDP.
If you know anyone in Florida, tourism is 10% of their entire economy.
The impact of fewer foreign visitors spending money in the US this spring, summer and fall will reverberate through the economy. Tourism accounts for $2.5 TRILLION in U.S. GDP.
If you know anyone in Florida, tourism is 10% of their entire economy.
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Get to the know the “Multiplier Effect”.
The impact of fewer foreign visitors spending money in the US this spring, summer and fall will reverberate through the economy. Tourism accounts for $2.5 TRILLION in U.S. GDP.
If you know anyone in Florida, tourism is 10% of their entire economy.
The impact of fewer foreign visitors spending money in the US this spring, summer and fall will reverberate through the economy. Tourism accounts for $2.5 TRILLION in U.S. GDP.
If you know anyone in Florida, tourism is 10% of their entire economy.
If you had $401k in your 401k on Wednesday, you have about $357k in you 401k today.
The 1930s tariff strategy cost you $44,000 in just 2 days.
The 1930s tariff strategy cost you $44,000 in just 2 days.
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you had $401k in your 401k on Wednesday, you have about $357k in you 401k today.
The 1930s tariff strategy cost you $44,000 in just 2 days.
The 1930s tariff strategy cost you $44,000 in just 2 days.