Beats Studio, the high-end consumer audio company founded by rap producer Dr. Dre and later acquired by Apple, is launching a special “Year of the Tiger” edition of their Beats Studio Buds to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Founded in 2006, Beats was acquired by Apple for $3 billion in 2014, in what is … Read more
Quebec gets curfews and all non essentials shutdown. Again. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6300455 h/t Initial-Culture-6791
Photo by Alyssa Kibiloski From Birch Gold Group It’s understandable if you’re tired of hearing about rising inflation. But it has become an economic mainstay in the Biden Administration. And each month seems to bring fresh records not experienced in decades. For Baby Boomers who lived through the Carter years, 2021 might feel like déjà vu. That’s … Read more
This measure of stock market sentiment has reached a level that “dwarfs anything in the past.” Get the specifics as you review this revealing chart.
Fintech is a fusion between finance and technology. The term is used to describe the expansion of financial services to include technological solutions for banking, lending, investing, and other related activities. Let’s have a look at how Fintech will be shaping the lending industry in 2022 and beyond. So what exactly is lending? Lending is … Read more
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While the official figures haven’t dropped, just about every outlet tracking new vehicle sales is projecting a significant decline in volume for December 2021. Showrooms have been trending toward the minimalist aesthetic since 2019 with the pandemic kicking things into overdrive as supply bottlenecks nullified practically every manufacturer’s ability to produce anywhere near its normal … Read more
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The interesting feature of the ‘last chance to get out’ is nobody sees it until after the crash has done its damage. Every asset bubble has a last chance to get out before the crash point that becomes obvious in the aftermath. But at the time, this last opportunity to … Read more
https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1476632823742316550 Bizarre. The Taylor rule suggests that the Fed funds rate should be at its highest level in history. Almost 9%! Instead, the Fed is keeping short term rates at the lowest ever recorded. pic.twitter.com/h63GWuZICT — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) December 30, 2021 In Q3 2021, mortgage debt increased $230 billion, the largest quarterly increase since 2006. https://t.co/MsmnEu6upn … Read more
States with largest population declines (2020-2021)…1) New York: -319k2) California: -262k3) Illinois: -114k States with largest population growth (2020-2021)…1) Texas: +310k2) Florida: +211k3) Arizona: +98k Data via census: https://t.co/W1sCzltc35 pic.twitter.com/M5NgFvHprA — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 30, 2021