For a period of four years, Donald Trump was the lowest paid politician in Washington D.C. (albeit by choice), while Dr. Anthony Fauci was the highest paid. In the world of government it seems there’s no correlation between competence and pay – …
by confoundedinterest17 Hammer Time! Aka, can’t touch this … housing construction report. Construction of new homes surged in March to the highest since 2006, just after the peak of the house price bubble in 2005. There is a critical shortage of homes …
Chris Puplava, Chief Investment Officer for Financial Sense Wealth Management, covers the economic outlook and a wide range of leading indicators for the official CPI inflation indicator. Chris discusses what this likely means for monetary policy, emerging market risks, and …
by confoundedinterest17 In March, Fed Chair Powell told Congress that inflation risk remains low. The Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning reported that US Producer Price Index Final Demand year-over-year rose a whopping 4.2%, the highest rate since 2011. Producer …
by confoundedinterest17 Thanks a boatload Joe Biden, Janet Yellen and Jerry Powell. Low-income Americans bore the brunt of job losses when the pandemic arrived. Now they’re getting hit hardest by price increases as the economy recovers. The headline consumer inflation rate …
by howmuch Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can make your life easier. That’s why a lot of young people immediately think about future earning potential for a given career path. This map can help frame the choices by identifying the …
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Just to put things into perspective: Q2 kicks off with 2nd highest PE since 1901. Wartime levels of stimulus, but no wartime valuations, BofA says. pic.twitter.com/Aw3N0MqusA — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) April 2, 2021 Dow jones: Bulls in for a reality …
by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage commitment rate keeps on rising. Now to 3.17%. This is happening at the 10-year Treasury yield continues to climb. Note that interest rate volatilty (SRVIX) surged and remains elevated compared to equity volatility (VIX). (Bloomberg) …
AMC is now worth 2x what it was before COVID — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) March 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1371558661231943684 Dow Jones: U can smell the turning point its so close pic.twitter.com/7y3YjyqYeV — The Great Martis (@great_martis) March 15, 2021 Next …
by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s survey of mortgage lenders (commitments) rose to 3.05% in today’s release. The spread between Freddie’s 30Y rate and the 10Y Treasury yield has been falling (bottom pane). Over a longer time frame, you can see that the …
via corelogic: Home flipping activity[i] – which is the act of buying a property with the intent to sell in a short period of time for a profit – has increased steadily over the last eight years. By the fourth quarter of …
Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States announced a further clampdown on Iranian oil exports, raising concern …
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via @TaviCosta: But China CDS is at its lowest level since 2008. How do you square this circle?
by pineapplezach Source: Kaggle Data Set (Where it Pays to Attend College) Tool: Infogram As a college student myself, it is a bit surprising to find that the pay gap is nearly double! I really want to be a teacher, …
via visualcapitalist: For the world’s most innovative companies, the stated goal of attracting top talent is not simply an HR mantra – it’s a matter of survival. Whether we’re talking about a giant like Google that is constantly searching to add …
by Michael Snyder We have not seen anything like this since the last recession. Layoff announcements are coming fast and furious now, and the speed at which workers are being laid off is shocking a lot of people. In this day …
via @mcm_ct: US stocks are the most overvalued ever, higher than prior speculative mania market peaks in 1929 & 2000 1. Price to Sales 2. Price to Book 3. Enterprise Value to Sales 4. Enterprise Value to EBITDA 5. Price …
by Dr. Eowyn Property taxes are the single largest revenue source for local governments, used to fund fire and police departments, schools, and road maintenance, including snow removal, cleaning, and repair. In 2015, the average U.S. property taxes per person …
by howmuch Want to make a lot of money? Become a doctor. That’s the basic message behind our new map breaking down the highest paid occupations in every state. Almost every single top-ranking job is in the healthcare field. We …
via upi: Jan. 3 (UPI) — At the close of 2018, the U.S. national debt was more than $2 trillion higher than when President Donald Trump took office, data released Thursday by the Treasury Department indicates. The national debt reached $21.974 trillion as of Dec. 31. …
Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a swath of individuals and families began a long and painful deleveraging process. Businesses, meanwhile, quickly moved in the opposite direction—loading up on cheap debt to the …
by Martin Armstrong What is really amazing is how governments just fail to comprehend that revolution is instigated by corruption and taxes. Nevertheless, they just can’t help themselves. They have to keep taking cookies from the jar until it is …
Is global real estate slowing down? Or is this just a bump in the road? We are currently in the maximum amount of debt we have ever been in history. Look at it on all levels. It’s never been this …
The World’s Highest-Paid TV Hosts 2018: Judge Judy Presides With $147 Million For the first year ever, Judy Sheindlin—more commonly known as Judge Judy—reigns supreme not only in her own courtroom, but also across all of television. Pocketing $147 million …
Whoops…something is getting tense… spread between the USD LIBOR and Euribor hit the highest level in a couple of decades. pic.twitter.com/1rjo1hkDSl — Ronnie Stoeferle (@RonStoeferle) November 21, 2018 “The S&P 500 has more room to fall on the back of …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Mortgage rates are climbing faster than the 10-year Treasury yield. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) and a 20% down-payment rose to 5.17% for the latest reporting …
The 3-Month Libor vs. Euribor spread is at its highest level since 1999! Is the ECB about to start tightening or the Fed about to stop? Either way, unless “this time is different”, such policy changes from similar extremes is …
