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Markets, Uncertainty, Forecasting
Article By:
Greg Feirman
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7:01 AM EDT
If we can have no rational basis for making one forecast over another or accepting one historical interpretation over another, then investing – and indeed all history and social science – is hopeless.
Year-Over-Year Growth Of CO2 Emissions Stalls In April 2024
Article By:
Ironman
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024 6:31 AM EDT
The rate which carbon dioxide is increasing in the Earth's atmosphere stalled during April. It is defined by the trailing 12-month average of the year-over-year change in the concentration of CO₂ in the air as measured at the Mauna Kea Observatory.
Profit Is Not Plunder
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Mises Institute
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Monday, May 13, 2024 8:27 AM EDT
Business owners make a profit by selling products at a greater amount than what it costs to produce that product. Plunder, by contrast, is the theft of property through nonvoluntary means, such as theft, coercion, or fraud.
Rates: Back To The Noughties!
Article By:
ING Economics
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Monday, May 13, 2024 4:58 AM EDT
Our premise here is simple – choose a decade that saw the type of inflation that would be broadly acceptable for the Federal Reserve today, and then extrapolate. The answer? The noughties. Back then, the funds rate averaged 3%.
Will We See Rate Cuts In 2024? Fed Presidents Weigh In
Article By:
ValueWalk
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Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:11 AM EDT
Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee decided not to take action on the federal funds rate, leaving it where it has been since last July, in the 5.25%-to-5.5% range. Fed Chair Powell did not offer much beyond the usual boilerplate responses.
Should Billionaires Exist?
Video By:
Robert Reich
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:41 AM EDT
America has driven more than 650 species to extinction. And it should do the same to billionaires.
Total Return Forecasts: Major Asset Classes - Thursday, May 2
Article By:
James Picerno
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 7:30 AM EDT
The long-term return forecast for the Global Market Index (GMI) edged higher for a third straight month in April.
Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
Article By:
Menzie Chinn
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4:39 AM EDT
I’d say, by these measures, the answer is “yes”, even using median income.
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D Is For Defense (and Dividends)
Article By:
WisdomTree
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4:26 AM EDT
Dividend equities have historically shown resilience during market downturns and offer the potential for quicker recovery after losing less than other non-dividend benchmarks.
Federal Deficit Spending (Quarterly) And Inflation
Article By:
EconCurrents
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 8:44 AM EDT
This article concludes the analysis of the correlation patterns between quarterly Federal Deficit Spending (FDS) and Consumer Inflation (CPI).
Americans Are Increasingly Negative About China
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 7:31 AM EDT
Among American adults in 2024, unfavorable views of China were voiced by 77 percent of respondents after having reached a high of 84 percent in early 2023. In 2005, that figure had stood at just 47 percent.
Gains From Energy
Article By:
Simon Lack
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 6:51 AM EDT
Last week the WSJ published an interesting chart. It was in an article titled America’s Economy Is No. 1. That Means Trouble. The chart shows that US share of global GDP has been increasing for over a decade. We’ve gone from 21% in 2011 to 26%.
Exposing The Truth Behind The Infamous Label: Millennials Really Are Dumb
Article By:
Tactical Investor
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Sunday, April 28, 2024 6:02 AM EDT
Mark Bauerlein in his book The Dumbest Generation says that despite unprecedented access to information there is a notable decline in the depth of knowledge and intellectual curiosity among millennials particularly in areas like history and politics.