Musings from the CU Suite

Compiled by Anthony Demangone, Powered by NAFCU

When you look at things day by day, things don’t change much. But when you take a step back, you can see huge changes.

In the 1940s, the top spectator sports were boxing, horse-racing, major-league baseball and college football.  

In 1970, soccer didn’t even register.

What are some recent trends? Look at this Gallop Poll.

Football is holding steady at number one – far ahead of all other sports. Basketball is dropping, but still at number two. Baseball dropping. Soccer is surging. And then there is a huge group.   

I think about soccer a lot. In 1940, soccer was likely not known by many. In 1970, it was around. My HS didn’t have a team, though. Nor when I graduated in 1990. Today? My son has three different soccer jerseys and knows the names of scores of foreign players.

Credit union peeps should think about soccer. A lot.

Now on to the weekend reading pile.

• 13 innovative FI marketing campaigns. (FB)
• Big investors are serious about crypto. But experienced talent is still scarce. (Institutional Investor)
• These flying machines are set to shake up the VTOL world. (TheNextWeb)
• The leap. (Godin)
• January was the 8^th straight month where more than 4 million Americans left their jobs. (BI)
• The fictional press release. (Hyken)
• Do you know who your customers are? (CMSWire)
• Why gas prices matter so much. (AWOCS)
• White House looking for greater oversight of digital assets. (NAFCU Today)
• Goldman Sachs explores offering new options for cryptocurrencies. (Bloomberg)
• Crypto firms under attack for sticking with Russia. (Politico)
• U.S. banks shuttered a net 2,927 branches in 2021. (American Banker)

Bonus content. Gas prices are surging. This graph takes a step back and looks at things since the 1960s.