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Kelly Perkins: We’re Headed for an ‘Innovation Super Cycle’ Reshaping America

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 6, 2025 /

By Kelly PerkinsSpecial Contributor, Novēm Wealth We’re hurtling through an unprecedented era: the Innovation Super Cycle. Picture a torrent of breakthroughs — AI reshaping everything from drug discovery to daily commutes, quantum computing tackling previously unsolvable problems, and biotech extending healthy lifespans. This isn’t hype. It’s a seismic shift akin to the Industrial Revolution, turbocharged by…

Racing a Ferrari in the Fog

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 3, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Takeways Data blackouts like the one caused by the performative federal government shutdown will “slow down” the time it takes the Fed to cut rates. Fed Chair Powell clearly made that point [last week], noting that a December rate cut was no longer a sure thing. Right now, that cut has a 65% chance, down from near-certainty…

Kelly Perkins: The Government Shutdown, Our Lives Haven’t

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 29, 2025 /

By Kelly PerkinsSpecial Contributor, Novēm Wealth As the federal government shutdown stretches beyond a month, the human cost is real: thousands of essential workers furloughed; families strained without paychecks, all amid partisan gridlock. This isn’t working for the country. Americans work to support our families, entrepreneurs tighten budgets to succeed and grow. Message to Washington: Cease…

The Future of Our Dallas City Hall Should Not Be a Question of Love It or List It

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 27, 2025 /

By Reagan Rothenberger Reagan Rothenberger serves on the Dallas Landmark Commission and requested the initiation of Dallas City Hall as a landmark in March of 2025. The commission voted unanimously to initiate the landmark. The first time one sees Dallas City Hall, they are either impressed or depressed by its design. The opinions of the…

A Less Than Basic 6-7 Primer On AI For Residential Real Estate, LOL

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 27, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor I’m laying out some basics here and not recapping what AI is being used for in residential real estate. As someone who liked to live on the bleeding edge of technology, I always had to get the first iteration of something new, like the first iPhone on the day it was first…