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Housing Math (6th grade stuff) . . . It's bad, & this truly has never happened before
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25
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547
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March 9, 2024
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Homeowner insurance rate surged 23% last year (per Bankrate) . . . Car insurance jumped an average 26% (per CBS)
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8
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381
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March 8, 2024
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Population Pyramids. The US may have a problem, but it's NOTHING compared to Germany, China etc
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6
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246
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March 7, 2024
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2023 Business Bankruptcies top pandemic high. Highest since the deep recession of 2010
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2
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163
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February 17, 2024
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Interest rates. Is the Fed almost done tightening yet? Gonna cut rates soon maybe?
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3
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261
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February 12, 2024
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CNN: (Not exactly MAGA types) "Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent."
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23
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750
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February 11, 2024
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2024 begins with a new wave of tech layoffs
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17
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646
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February 8, 2024
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Can someone please tell me what's going on with the job market?
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6
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437
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February 5, 2024
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Robert Rubin (former Treas. Sec) "US is in a “terrible place” with regard to its federal deficits" (calls for tax increases)
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14
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576
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January 28, 2024
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Ebay cuts 9% of its workforce, Microsoft lays off 8% of its videogaming staff, Salesforce cuts 1% on top of last years 10%
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0
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241
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January 26, 2024
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Federal Reserve Beige Book: Nine of the Nation's 12 districts are in decline or stagnation
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9
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368
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January 25, 2024
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Borrowing Binge, US companies smash old record, borrow record amounts as year opens
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3
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214
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January 22, 2024
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Costco sold more than $100m in gold bars last quarter
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13
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534
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January 17, 2024
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Fed Posts Largest-Ever Annual Operating Loss - WSJ
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14
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346
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January 13, 2024
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Random Trivia: Japan's Stock Market (Nikkei) is still 14% below its 1989 high
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0
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175
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January 10, 2024
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The end of cinderblocks?
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32
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660
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January 10, 2024
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Please Don't feed the Zombies. A near-record 42% of publicly-traded companies STILL don't make a profit
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20
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552
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January 7, 2024
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WSJ: The Welfare-Industrial Complex Is Booming
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10
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414
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January 3, 2024
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ChicagoBusiness.com: "Cook County to enroll 45,000 into CountyCare for noncitizens who don't qualify for Medicaid because of noncitizen status
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10
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436
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December 25, 2023
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Retail Sector: 2023 Year in Review
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1
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162
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December 21, 2023
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Tucker Carlson: "Libertarian economics was a scam perpetrated by the beneficiaries of the economic system that they were defending,"
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18
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569
|
December 20, 2023
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CNN:Millennial women are facing the first decline in well-being since the Silent Generation
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13
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449
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December 19, 2023
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Ford plans to cut 2024 production of electric F-150 Lightning in half . . . . Hasbro announces layoffs of 20% of its workforce
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14
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708
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December 13, 2023
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Fidelity: Average IRA and 401k balance unchanged since 2018 (despite 22% inflation)
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4
|
276
|
December 7, 2023
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Nov, Ch 11 bankruptcies jump141% Y-o-Y to 842
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0
|
159
|
December 7, 2023
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Moody’s Cuts China Credit Outlook, then cuts outlook on Hong Kong, on Chinese banks, etc. etc.,
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1
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204
|
December 7, 2023
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Home Prices go . .
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4
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426
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December 6, 2023
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At least we aren't Canada
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19
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574
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December 6, 2023
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CBNC Nov 28: "401(k) balances are down, and ‘last resort’ hardship withdrawals are up"
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4
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249
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December 5, 2023
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Fun Fact: Turkey's inflation rate is 61.4%, (Food inflation there is 72%)
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3
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365
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December 5, 2023
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