DON’T DO ANYTHING…

…without reading business astrologer Ashleigh D. Johnson’s map of the month ahead

May 9 is Lost Sock Memorial Day, according to the Internet. But don’t mourn too long. Justin Berkowitz, Bloomingdale’s men’s fashion director, suggests playing not just with color, but also with texture when it comes to office-appropriate socks. He recommends:

Erica Russo, Bloomingdale’s fashion director for accessories and beauty, suggests:

Stuart Friedman, whose OratorPro app gives real-time feedback on presentations, says even seasoned presenters sometimes think they’re beyond having to practice. Not true, he says: “Did you see the Warriors? They didn’t win 73 games in a season because they stopped getting coached.”

Retrograde adj., in planetary motion, when a body appears to be moving backward, an illusion caused when earth passes slower planets in their orbits; causes chaos and confusion.

When the planets are in retrograde Jupiter, every 13 months Mercury, three times a year Saturn, once a year Mars, every 26 months

There have been noteworthy crashes in May, including the panics of 1837 and 1901 and the 2010 “flash crash,” when the Dow Jones industrial average plunged almost 1,000 points in five minutes. Conventional wisdom says, “Sell in May and go away,” describing how bankers disappear to their Hamptons houses and trading slows. Either way, most current market signals are decidedly bearish.