March 2, 2023
Ladies & Gents - Start preparing now for Sadie Hawkins Day.
March 1, 2023
Hello everyone,
Today, I am going to delve into the history and meaning behind Sadie Hawkins Day. If you haven’t heard of it, it will be an interesting bit of trivia to remember and file. It is usually celebrated on November 13th, but it can be on different days in different states. Sadie Hawkins Day was created by Al Capp in his cartoon comic strip, “Li’l Abner”. It is set in the fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, Kentucky. It publicly debuted on November 15, 1937.
The story goes that Sadie’s father, Hekzebiah Hawkins, a wealthy and prominent person in Dogpatch, was frantically worried that his homely daughter would be left on the shelf and remain a spinster, so he created Sadie Hawkins Day, where unmarried women could literally chase after the town’s bachelors – ask them out on dates, ask them to dances and ask them to marry them. The comic strip took on a life of its own, and as often happens, life imitated art. In the late 1930s, on college campuses and in high schools across the U.S., Sadie Hawkins Day dances became an annual tradition.
SHD in its day was seen as an empowering rite of passage for women. In the modern age, women confidently assert their right to ask a man they like out on a date. “Let’s meet up”, is a common texting term across an iPhone screen. What happened to the old-fashioned tradition of ringing someone up and verbally asking them out on a date? Is that seen as too aggressive now? Or is it easy to hide behind a text? Today, the whole idea of Sadie Hawkins Day is anachronistic and even a bit insulting. Al Capp asserts that any homely lady would have trouble attracting a mate – I can hear everyone yelling at this opinion and rightly so. Hence, the comic strip’s controversial nature.
What became of the protagonist, Li’l Abner? Daisy Mae eventually caught him, after he spent around two decades attempting to escape her clutches. He finally married her in 1952.
But there is a darker side to this story. Al Capp, the man that created the idea was said to be a womanizer, a misogynist, and an accused rapist. He had a reputation for seducing and sexually assaulting aspiring actresses, including a young Goldie Hawn and Grace Kelly, and sleeping with the college girls he met on his Sadie Hawkins Day tours. (Does that behaviour remind you of anyone?)
What has all this got to do with the markets, the economy, and finance in general?
Nothing.
Nobody can spend 24 hours every day digesting market gyrations and info. Everybody needs light relief.
Anyway, you all know what the market is going to do.
In general, and in brief:
S&P - rally and then fall next year.
Nasdaq - fall, rally, and then fall next year.
Gold - fall, rally, and then fall.
Natural Gas - rally to around $5.00 by August 2023.
Crude - fall, then rally and then fall.
U.S.$ - rally a little, then fall, and then rally.
And let’s not forget interest rates - higher for longer.
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Many blessings.
Have a great week.
Cheers,
Jacque
What a great way to see your team – as human beings.