If the only reason you pay for Amazon Prime is because of 2-day shipping, there is a good chance it’s a smarter financial move for you to cancel it than continue.

by 83wonder I’ve paid for prime since it was available, and lately I’ve noticed it’s gotten increasingly worse with shipping. FYI – Prime doesn’t mean you will get an item in 2 days, it means you should get the item 2 days after it ships, …

READ MORE

Danish bank shares fall sharply

by Lass3BTC Danish Bank shares fall sharply on Friday morning. At 04.10, the value dropped by 10.6 percent after the stock market opened at 9:00 this morning. Overall, shareholders have lost nearly 40 percent this year, the money laundering case in …

READ MORE

Panic Borrowing in China

by FS China is slowing down, and tariff troubles are only making this fear worse. We spoke with Shehzad Qazi, managing director at China Beige Book International, about his thoughts on China’s weakening economic conditions. For audio, see China Seeing an …

READ MORE

Running Out of Affordable Homes

By Harry Dent Bubbles are self-defeating. Their success is what eventually kills them. The same is true for cycles. Take the urbanization cycle for example… As a population urbanizes, people get wealthier. But more affluent urbanites have fewer kids and …

READ MORE

The Fed’s QE Unwind Reaches $285 Billion

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “up to” begins to matter for the first time. The Fed released its weekly balance sheet Thursday afternoon. Over the four-week period from September 6 through October 3, total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet dropped by …

READ MORE