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(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. Despite a 50 basis point decline in the … Read more
by Ryan McMaken via Mises Wire The average square footage in new single-family houses has been declining since 2015. House sizes tend to fall just during recessionary periods. It happened from 2008 to … Read more
via washingtonexaminer: To be more specific, the average tax refund has increased to $3,143 from $3,103 last February, according to cumulative statistics comparing the 2018 and 2019 filing seasons. Oddly … Read more
from Zero Hedge When Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a/k/a Trump’s tax code overhaul in early 2017, the big expectation for tax season 2018 – the first … Read more
Tax preparers warn refund may be smaller than usual this year… Doing your taxes isn’t just about placing the correct numbers in the boxes of a form and then, as … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In fact, QE started reversing at the end of 2014. The Fed’s balance sheet would be “substantially smaller” after the Fed gets done with its QE … Read more
via Ksenia Galouchko An outsize retreat in small and mid-cap stocks over recent weeks could be a possible sign of an upcoming deeper market correction, according to major asset managers, including … Read more
via hussmanfunds: Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, they rise, they break, and to that sea return. – Alexander Pope Last week, the stock market recorded the most offensive … Read more
by Michael Snyder Over the past decade, an unprecedented stock market boom has created thousands upon thousands of new millionaires, and yet the middle class in America has continued to … Read more
Laying track to the future in the present, the July 1 airing of the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson starring Starz drama snagged 1.55 million viewers and a 0.6 rating among adults 18-49. … Read more
Trading with the EU is almost as bad and unfair as trading with China, President Trump told Fox News, noting how Washington pays a fortune “protecting” its little European partners, … Read more
by provoko Use a screener like finviz. Look for companies that have sales q/q 30% or more and gross margin over 40% (ideally over 80%, but new stocks closer to their … Read more
Here’s what’s new this week: A Sacramento County Superior Court Judge declined to drop felony charges against a leader of the so-called “Antifa.” The individual—47-year-old Yvette Felarca–was involved in a riot between approximately 300 … Read more
by: Ralph Flores (Natural News) People who are obese, as well as those who have Type 2 diabetes or regularly take insulin, would do well to take a high-energy breakfast to … Read more