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by dwpeterson Article link: towardsdatascience.com/level-of-education-and-the-poverty-line-an-analysis-of-the-largest-us-cities-interactive-309e6c3e9f46 Dashboard Link: data.world/dwpeterson/poverty-in-the-united-states Tool Used: Tableau Public Data Source Used : factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The hope in early January has been unwound. A month ago, mortgages reappeared in the housing-hype circus, when it was widely reported that mortgage applications “soared” … Read more
1-M HIBOR vs. LIBOR rates now at lowest level since 2007! Interesting how same spread disparity also corresponded with the market top for HK stocks. Note: HSI index peaked in … Read more
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning “From time immemorial proverbial wisdom has taught the virtues of saving,” wrote Henry Hazlitt, “and warned against the consequences of prodigality and waste.” Hazlitt authored … Read more
by Simon Black And just like that, it seems we’re headed back to quantitative easing… After cutting interest rates to nearly zero following the 2008 crisis, the Federal Reserve starting raising … Read more
by John Rubino The Baltic Dry Index represents the cost of renting an ocean-going container ship to move goods from, say, Chinese factories to the Port of Los Angeles. The … Read more
Fox Business, Released on 2/7/19 Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle left the Fed in … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “Our advice is to own as little exposure U.S. equity exposure as your career risk allows.” – Martin Tarlie, member of portfolio allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van … Read more
via yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Renewed discussion about the potential for the Federal Reserve to employ negative interest rates to combat an economic downturn is already prompting objections from some market veterans. … Read more
TradersChoice.net, Released on 2/6/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an … Read more
via Bloomberg: Ten years after the financial crisis, central bank interest rates remain near record lows and below zero in many countries, so the question is how well monetary policy … Read more
by Dave A fascinating post by Wolf Richter, quoting an NBER report/model that found lowering rates too far, for too long, gives an undue advantage to the market leader. This … Read more
by Shaun Richards This week has seen a development I have long-expected and forecast. That is that the establishment will respond to the next economic slow down with negative interest-rates. … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Powell, Draghi, Kuroda, et al.: Did ya see this NBER study? This is something we have seen since the Financial Crisis all around us: The concentration … Read more
by prosthetic brain Cancers fueled by obesity are on the rise among young adults in the United States and appearing at increasingly younger ages, according to an analysis released Monday by … Read more
Despite low rates and massive liquidity, global capital expenditure (investment) is falling. There will be a say when central planners will undertsand the word "overcapacity" and stop the fallacy of … Read more