– by New Deal democrat In this month’s report on new home sales for July, the most important news was at the tail end, which I’ll get to last. As per my usual intro, while new home sales are the most leading measure of the housing market, they are very noisy and heavily revised – which […]
Guess what 13 of the 20 U.S. cities with the highest murder rates were in Republican-run states. Sending in an untrained National Guard. They were not trained for controlling crowds of civilians. At Camp Lejeune in 1970, they were training us and had established mock cities to train in for practice. Pres. Trump says (in a […]
As is typical, Republicans support Tr__p and Dems and Independents see less in Tr__p to support, Overall job approval comes in at 40%. If one believes that is low, I believe it will be even lower in the future as Tr__p continues to play with on and off and changing tariff rates. The masked law […]
Socialism is the form of economics in which the government controls the means of production. The Trump administration now controls 10% of Intel and is looking to buy shares in other private corporations. How is that not creeping socialism? “The United States government’s 10 percent stake in Intel could harm international sales for the semiconductor […]
Years ago, my chairman became an NFT enthusiast. At one point, he assured me “I’m not joking.” I responded: “That’s what I’m afraid of.” NFTs are a manifestation of The Greater Fool Theory of Investing. Like disco and yacht rock, they had their day. But eventually, the fools are left holding the bag: “Flash forward […]
“ACA Signups” (updated) A review of the amount of premium increases Michigan residents can expect when the ACA subsidy increases are removed EOY 2025. Temporary ACA subsidies were passed as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021. It included two years of enhanced subsidies (2021 and 2022). The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), […]
“Intel and Trump Administration Reach Historic Agreement to Accelerate American Technology and Manufacturing Leadership,” Intel Newsroom SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Intel Corporation today announced an agreement with the Trump Administration to support the continued expansion of American technology and manufacturing leadership. Under terms of the agreement, the United States government will make an $8.9 billion investment […]
– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. There were no big changes this week, but what continues to stick out in the data as far as I am concerned is just how strong consumer spending continues to be: weekly retail spending was up nearly 6% YoY, and restaurant reservations – […]
Weathering Q1 Storms and Looking to the Horizon One always wonder how these mega hardware stores are doing in a not-so-great economy. I suspect the tariffs will impact some of the products. If anything, the on and off tariffs, 10% one day and 20% a week later must throw their planning off. Pay less and […]
Confronting the Cost-of-Living Crisis – Roosevelt Institute Perhaps, you remember during the pandemic the pricing of food did increase as businesses did slow down. I do not recall much missing from the food shelves either. There were small changes in packaging which did impact pricing in that you paid the same amount for less. The […]