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by RoboTicks Checking accounts are over-used. You should keep most of your money in a high-yield savings account and use credit cards for all of your purchases. The credit cards should AutoPay from your savings account. Checking accounts should only store money you might need for immediate transfers, such as ATM withdraws or Paypal/Venmo. … Read more
via businessinsider: Some Whole Foods shoppers say they aren’t saving any money with Amazon’s Prime member discounts. “There is no benefit whatsoever,” said Claudia Cukrov, an Amazon Prime member who shops at a Whole Foods in Brooklyn, New York, on a near daily basis. Spencer Somers said he has stopped scanning his Amazon Prime member … Read more
Data Source: https://data.worldbank.org/ Tool used: D3.js
Even if you buy really nice beans, it’s still so much cheaper than buying coffee. h/t VincentGrabbe
#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
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 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
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
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. Bank of Japan data show similar act@liquidity.com for full reports pic.twitter.com/zC33nD5xqt — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) April 5, 2019
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
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
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
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 🙂
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
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
by TFittonJW Prescient interview with the great Lou Dobbs:
There is a major crisis at the border. Build the wall. HJ