Gold’s Relationship With the Dollar: It’s Getting Complicated (WSJ) The decades-long, post-war growth of America’s middle class is at an end (MarketWatch) Why We Hate Office Jargon So Much (Bloomberg) Emigration and Its Economic Impact on Eastern Europe (IMF) History Favors an Election Correction for Stocks (FoxBusiness) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Data scientist says the Fed has no idea how to forecast the economy
Fed Officials More Confident in Rate Increase This Year (WSJ) Where Clinton, Trump Stand on the Economy (WSJ) Companies Forgot About Mom-and-Pop Investors...Until Now (WSJ) Trump Tells Donors He Wants Mnuchin for Treasury, Fortune Says (Bloomberg) Data scientist says the Fed has no idea how to forecast the economy (MarketWatch) … [Read more...]
Housing Materials More Expensive Today than 2005
The Ro-Mac Lumber Whole House Commodity Index, which tracks the cost of building a 2,200 sq/ft home in Central Florida, hit another record high today. … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Renting vs. Buying
States Where it's Cheaper to Rent than Buy Catey Hill writes at MarketWatch.com that there are 8 states where it's cheaper to rent than to buy a home: It’s cheaper to rent a home versus buying one in just eight states in America, according to an analysis of monthly costs released Monday by GoBankingRates.com. Those states, Hawaii, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Delaware and Oregon, are joined by the District of Columbia. The analysis compared the monthly cost to rent the median-priced single-family home in each state with the monthly cost of owning that same home. The latter … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: As Rates Sink, Housing Bubbles Rise
Why Central Banks and Markets Are Getting Out of Sync (WSJ) As Rates Sink, Housing Bubbles Rise (WSJ) It’s Not a Housing Bubble, It’s Just Expensive (Bloomberg) It’s cheaper to rent a home than buy in just eight U.S. states (MarketWatch) This lender offers free drinks, yoga, and matchmaking with its loans (Money) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Pound Jumps After Bank of England Stands Pat
Pound Jumps After Bank of England Stands Pat (WSJ) Could you live on just $32,000 per year? Most retirees do (USA Today) What’s Behind the Ballooning Upper Middle Class? Education (Bloomberg) Here are the winners and losers as the foreclosure crisis slogs into extra innings (MarketWatch) Poorer than their parents? A new perspective on income inequality (McKinsey & Co.) … [Read more...]
New Highs in Extreme Territory
The 10-day moving average of NYSE new highs is entering extreme territory. … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: Investors Now Pay Germany to Borrow for 10 Years
Google’s Project Fi Is One Step Closer to Unifying the World’s Wireless Networks (WIRED) Grid Attack: How America Could Go Dark (WSJ) Investors Now Pay Germany to Borrow for 10 Years (WSJ) Have You Thought About Tapering, Mario Draghi? (Bloomberg) Robots have their eyes on food service, manufacturing jobs (MarketWatch) … [Read more...]
Worthy Reads: A Portrait Of Quantitative Failure
A Portrait Of Quantitative Failure (ZeroHedge) OPEC Downgrades Economic Outlook (OPEC) Starbucks to raise prices on coffee, espresso and tea lattes (MarketWatch) The Dynamics of Sovereign Debt Crises and Bailouts (IMF) Citibank to close certain Venezuela accounts (Reuters) … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: UFC’s Unbelievable Return
News broke this morning that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) had sold itself to a consortium of buyers led by talent agency WME-IMG. UFC is one of the best known providers of mixed martial arts entertainment. UFC President, Dana White and investors Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta purchased the franchise in 2000 for $2 million. Today they're selling the business for $4 billion, a return of 199,900%! The New York Times explains: It will be a windfall for U.F.C.’s primary owners, the longtime casino entrepreneurs Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, though they will stay on as minority investors. The … [Read more...]
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