Cost of Brewing vs. Buying Coffee (Thought you guys might enjoy this as much as I did)
Even if you buy really nice beans, it’s still so much cheaper than buying coffee. h/t VincentGrabbe
California Hospital Association Inadvertently Shows How Hospital Costs Have Gone Up 12x (Inflation for the Period is only 3x)
#DYK: Hospital spending on care as a percentage of total health spending is down nearly 9 points from the 1980s; we’re doing our part to keep costs in check. #CAleg pic.twitter.com/oUJyYHhW8Y — California Hospital Association (@CalHospitals) April 2, 2019
Debt to GDP ratio for countries in Europe, 2017
by Juamocoustic Data: TradingEconomics debt to GDP ratios for Europe. Tools: Python, using Matplotlib and Basemap. I tried an approach where I incorporate a map with color gradients to get a quick overview and find the most interesting info (e.g. your own country or the worst/best country), numbers on the map for details at a glance and … Read more
American markets start out on the wrong foot – as global slowdown fears escalate, boeing debacle weighs down Dow, and buyback blackout period removes liquidity
american markets start out on the wrong foot – as global slowdown fears escalate, boeing debacle weighs down dow, and buyback blackout period removes liquidity pic.twitter.com/qm42wcqDa7 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 8, 2019 Buyback blackout road map pic.twitter.com/79sWtKeKQ8 — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) April 8, 2019 Repurchases have consistently been the largest source of US equity demand: … Read more
Suicide rates for men and women in California since 1999, by age group
by inspurious View the interactive version here. This chart shows the suicide rate (per 100,000 persons) in California between 1999 and 2017 for 5 separate age groups. Data source: Multiple Cause of Death, 1999-2017 dataset from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I constructed the suicide rate using the cause of death codes described here. I filled in … Read more
FinTwit surveys “Pessimism Gauge”… ‘will we see a bear market in pessimism next?’
via topdowncharts: New highs anyone? Firstly, for context, in the Sentiment Snapshot series I look at some of the charts and data from the weekly survey on Twitter, which asks respondents to indicate whether they are bullish or bearish for primarily technical or fundamental rationale. I also add a few other charts from time to time when … Read more
Latest data show major Central Banks’ balance sheet flat on the week, with growing divergence between “Big Two”. The #PBoC draining liquidity at pace, while #Fed liquidity expanding gently.
Latest data show major Central Banks’ balance sheet flat on the week, with growing divergence between “Big Two”. The #PBoC draining liquidity at pace, while #Fed liquidity expanding gently. Bank of Japan data show similar act@liquidity.com for full reports pic.twitter.com/zC33nD5xqt — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) April 5, 2019
How A ‘No Deal’ Brexit Could Lead To The “Lehmanization” Of Europe
by GoldCore (The Telegraph) — Odds of a ‘no deal’ Brexit next week have risen markedly, as the Commons fails to coalesce around a viable alternative to Theresa May’s deal, while once again rejecting the “best possible deal” negotiated between the prime minister and the EU27, albeit by a smaller, yet still considerable, margin than in … Read more
BlackRock Goes A-Whoring: Says ECB Should Compensate For It Bond Yield Suppression By Buying Stock
via Zerohedge: On Friday, we reported that in Japan’s just concluded latest fiscal year, the Bank of Japan bought a record 5.65 trillion yen worth of stocks. Specifically, with the BOJ’s balance sheet now well above 100% of Japan’s GDP… …the central bank’s estimated aggregate ETF balance totaled 29 trillion yen (about quarter trillion dollars), which … Read more
It’s Time For John Bolton To Go
by disobedientmedia Has there ever been a single individual in the Trump administration who has caused more damage to the President’s agenda? The very fact that John Bolton ended up as an employee of President Donald Trump’s is somewhat of a surprise. Bolton is a former Bush administration official who served as ambassador to the United … Read more
Saudi Arabian oil firm beats Apple, Google and Exxon Mobil to be the most profitable firm in the world
by leeweiqi i think the comparison by Bloomberg is strictly done based on income and nothing else. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-04-04/what-makes-aramco-the-world-s-most-profitable-firm-video if you are interested 🙂
UK TO HAVE ‘TOUGHEST INTERNET LAWS IN WORLD’… WEB ‘SAFETY REGULATOR’… SITES BLOCKED, FINED… ZUCKERBERG WARNED
Social media companies will face huge fines if they fail to live up to their “duty of care” to internet users. The UK government is taking a hard line when it comes to online safety, moving to establish what it says is the world’s first independent regulator to keep social media companies in check. Companies … Read more
Tax refunds so far this year down by $6 billion… Just 17% believe will pay less
Individual tax refunds this year have been only slightly smaller than last year, but those shortfalls are adding up. At the end of last month, the amount of money the government refunded was $6 billion below this time last year, according to IRS figures. As of March 29, the Treasury had issued 71.8 million refunds. This … Read more
FITTON: Our Republic is on the brink: President Trump needs take on unimaginative, hapless DHS bureaucracy to secure the border.
by TFittonJW Prescient interview with the great Lou Dobbs:
MARK DICE: MSNBC Makes a Big Mistake – Great Truth About Immigration
There is a major crisis at the border. Build the wall. HJ
Duterte threatens ‘Destroying China’ if China Disrupts the Philippines navy in the South China Sea
Philippines President Duterte is regretting the mistake he made in 2016 dealing with Chinese. Duterte is same one who called then President Obama a “son of a whore”. He knew Obama is a snake in the grass. Now he learned the hard way that China is a dragon devouring and threatening its ASEAN neighbors. I … Read more
FOX News’ ‘Authentic Voices’: “My mother left Venezuela in the ’80s, because under Hugo Chávez […] socialism was rampant, and it was ruining the country!” Yeah. Except Chávez Got into Power in ’98.
The Koch brothers want the Venezuela oil because it is the kind they need for their refineries in Texas. KH
Trump’s Trade War Is Nowhere Near Over
By Patrick Watson If you follow daily market action, you can tell investors don’t like tariffs or other trade restrictions. Stock prices rise when it looks like US and Chinese negotiators are making progress. They fall when President Trump makes new threats or negotiations fall apart. We’ve seen it dozens of times in the last year. … Read more