Dollar Power Drives Gasoline Prices Down What We’re Reading Market Faith in Central Bank Omniscience Being Tested (MoneyBeat) Auto save email attachments in the cloud (lifehacker.com) Eurozone on cusp of triple-dip recession as German exports crumble (The Telegraph) Opinion: U.S. stocks won’t be dragged down by the rest of the world (MarketWatch) Don’t count on a soft landing for stocks (Fortune) Two Fed officials say interest rates to rise in mid-2015 (Fortune) … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: World War III
What We’re Reading: Correlation and causation (tylergiven.com) Wanna be rich--get back to work! (theguardian.com) When not to load up on stocks (Fortune) Don't use one of these passwords. 25 commonly used password list 2014 (Visual.ly) Know Which Fish Are Low in Mercury With This Chart (lifehacker.com) The Market Makes a Case for Conservative Investing (WSJ) … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Incomplete Recovery, Tesla, and Apple
Quoted: Apple CEO Tim Cook Tim Cook on Charlie Rose when asked what drives Apple: "I was at Compaq at a time where the objective was to become a $40 billion company. Well, employees don't get excited about that. This isn't something you wake up and you go, 'I'm going to take the hill today to do 40' -- I mean, you know? It's just not that. But changing the world? These are the things that people work for. And this pushes people. And so, this is who we are as people." America's Travel Recovery Still Incomplete: What We're Reading: Minimum Wage-Hiking States Are Seeing Slower Job … [Read more...]
Housing Permits Stagnate, is Regulation to Blame?
A disturbing look is appearing on the long-term chart of residential housing permits granted in the United States. The monthly measure has stabilized near 1 million. That’s about twice as many as the depths of the housing crisis, but not even close to its long term average of 1.4 million permits per month. Worse yet, you can see from the chart that it’s rare for a stabilization like this to have an upward exit. Most stabilizations signal an end of the cycle. In this case it would be the end of a housing cycle that hadn’t even really begun. Could the trouble be in restrictive government … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: The Longest Bull Markets, and Coffee
The Longest Bull Markets in the DJIA's History What We're Reading: Where you get the most bang for your buck (TaxFoundation.org) Free iPhone 5 Battery Replacement (Gizmodo) #Buffett, tax the rich, but not me (Wall Street Journal) Warren Buffett's Tax Whopper (Wall Street Journal) The Great American Oil Rush (visual.ly) Go Global. North America a dividend yield laggard (GaveKal Capital Blog) Here's Why #Fed Needs More Diversity of Opinion.(Yahoo! Finance) Worst Things to Buy on Amazon (Kiplinger) Did You Know: Everyone's on Drugs? "According to the latest data from the National … [Read more...]
Will the Markets Notice Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?
Back in 2008, well before U.S. markets began spiraling out of control, Russian stocks tumbled in free fall. This was not an earlier realization of the financial crisis, it was a reaction to Russia’s invasion of its southern neighbor Georgia. You may not remember that invasion because the Olympics were on at the time and of course, it was summer. But from the time the Russians moved into Georgian territory to the time the final signature was placed on the peace treaty (this time span shaded in grey on the chart below), the RTS fell 16%. Meanwhile, U.S. markets dropped 6.7%. Mind you this all … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Real Danger to the Economy
Quotable: “If the Fed gets this wrong here, I mean if [rate increases are] off by six months or a year, is there real danger to the economy? There could be.” - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser Did you Know? "Tuition and fees have risen 538% since 1985, outpacing the CPI by over 400%. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the number of student loan borrowers increased 70% from 2004 to 2012. Now more than 70% of students graduate with loans and outstanding student loan debt totals $1.2 trillion—more than auto and credit card debt. Though it’s … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Tourist Scams and Bacon
Gallup Poll Says Government is America's Top Problem Did You Know? Did you know that the tiny country of Switzerland has two cities that are among the world’s most densely populated by millionaires? According to Wealthinsight and Spears, almost three in ten residents of Zurich are millionaires and almost two in ten residents of Geneva are millionaires. New York is the U.S. city with the highest concentration of millionaires at 4.6%. (CNN) What We're Reading: #1 Question to Ask Your Financial Advisor Finally, something #RI is a leader in. Correlation or causation? #RI leads U.S. in pot … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Friday’s Bounce Explained?
Is This Why Markets Bounced on Friday? What We're Reading: Opportunity in Africa? (Quartz) Minimum Wage No Free Lunch. Cafe charges customers "minimum wage fee" The Richest Person In Your State (zerohedge.com) Rise of the machines. This is frightening. (Quartz) Regulatory overreach is costing home buyers. (CNN Money) Put that hamburger away! (theguardian) Ebola not easily spread: Doctor … [Read more...]
The Monday Melee: Sunken Ships and Sinking Yields
What We're Reading: David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? Finance 101 in Kindergarten. (The Wall Street Journal) A hawk in a sea of doves. (The Wall Street Journal) This time is different...really, I promise! (Yahoo! Finance) Secrets of ancient ship found beneath World Trade Center revealed (Washington Post) Another huge default threatens China. (Bloomberg) China's hill of beans. (Foreign Policy) High Yield Bonds Send Signal of Caution … [Read more...]
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