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    Who wants a Nothing Burger?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 0:52


    Nobody was expecting the Fed to change rates, so they met expectations.

    The End Of Negative Rates

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 1:00


    Japan just ended a nearly two-decade term of negative rates. Are negative rates the carrot or the stick? 

    Are consumers pausing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 1:02


    New retail figures for February arrived this morning. Up a seasonally adjusted 0.6%, but under by most estimates. 

    When cars tattle on YOU.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 0:58


    Big piece in the New York Times regarding how our cars are reporting bad driving to insurance companies. 

    Consumer prices....still an issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 0:58


    The very slim chance of a rate cut next week disappeared this morning when a fresh Consumer Price Index arrived 

    Target targets Amazon and Walmart.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 1:04


    Target announced a paid membership program along the lines of Amazon Prime and Walmart Plus.

    Credit scores heading down

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 1:02


    Credit scores for American consumers are down for the first time in a decade. Don't be surprised. 

    Trust in AI is dropping

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 1:02


    A Gallup study revealed 79% of Americans don't trust companies to use AI responsibly. 

    Wendy's tough week

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 1:01


    Think Wendy's surge pricing meltdown will be covered in business school some day?  

    Diversification a smoother ride?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 1:03


    You didn't know then what you know now. Hindsight tells us what played out well, but foresight is what's needed when it comes to investing.

    Nvidia crushes it

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 1:01


    Plenty of jitters leading up to Nvidia's earnings report. Was the Genie out of the bottle? 

    Cars. Cheaper and not selling.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 0:59


    The average price of a new vehicle was just over $47,000 last month, down 2.6% from December. Meanwhile, 2.6 million are sitting on lots. 

    Walmart's $2 billion TV purchase

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 1:03


    Walmart is going to acquire Vizio for $2.3 billion. It's a tie-up that will combine America's largest retailer with a network of smart TV's.

    Consumers paused in January

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 1:01


    Some major companies in the S&P 500 have said it's becoming increasingly clear that Americans are under stress, which could cause consumers to eventually curb their spending. 

    The $2 billion typo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 1:01


    One extra zero in an earnings statement caused a $2 billion swing. 

    Inflation won't go away

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 1:03


    On the way to a soft landing, inflation was supposed to be heading south. Today's CPI report had other ideas.

    Millennials and Gen Z wealth skyrockets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 1:01


    Financial assets were the big driver, growing over 50% as they invested in equities and mutual funds. With longer time horizons, they tended to pick riskier investments. 

    ESPN/Fox/Warner SUPER sports streamer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 1:00


    Coming this fall. 15 different networks with the 4 major professional sports leagues including the NBA, MLB and NHL. Also in: WNBA, NASCAR, NCAA and FIFA World Cup. Networks confirmed include ESPN, ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC, ACC, ABC, Fox, FS1, FS2, Big Ten, TNT, TBS and truTV.  

    Proceed with caution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 0:59


    The Fed will approach the question of when to reduce interest rates carefully, says Chairman Powell. When will enough be enough?

    Using a borrowed streaming password?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 0:57


    Producing content is expensive. Is borrowing a login content stealing? These streamers think so. 

    The high cost of developing AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 1:02


    Developing AI is expensive. To pay for it, Google spent $2.1 billion on severance last year laying off more than 12,000. And just this month, its already spent $700 million on employee severance. 

    The $400,000 a year job at Walmart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 1:02


    After base, bonuses, and stock awards, some Walmart Superstore managers can make over $400,000.  

    Soft landing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 1:03


    It's clear economist's consensus whiffed on this one. Predictions were in the 2% range but instead, came it at 3.3%.  Off from Q3's 4.9% but still another sign that the widely predicted recession was sitting this one out while the American consumer is not. 

    Is this Taylor Swift's fault?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 1:01


    Delinquency rates on credit cards have climbed 3 straight years. After the friendship bracelets are put away, the credit card statements start showing up. 

    The MOTHER of all data breaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 0:57


    If there's any good news, this is already leaked data. Unfortunately, it's all rolled up into one big dataset and sitting on the dark web. For sale.

    Fears versus Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 1:02


    Historically, corrections become bear markets when fears become reality.

    Analysis Paralysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 1:02


    Investors need to embrace the fact that every decision about the future requires a leap of faith. 

    Cyclical and predictable?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 1:00


    Next time some mentions a market cycle or economic cycle, ask them what's so cyclical about it. 

    The Powell Pause

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 0:57


    The Fed has been the arsonist and the firefighter. They were too slow to react to high inflation and then they reacted by hiking rates with reckless abandon.

    China. The comeback kid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 1:03


    In the third quarter, China's gross domestic product grew at a 5.3% annualized pace. Consumption was a big driver of growth while the property sector is still struggling. 

    Multi-speed world

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 1:00


    A roving recession that hasn't affected the consumer, yet, could turn into a stumbling recovery for everyone else. 

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    Debt Fatigue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 1:04


    The US government has issued $33 trillion in debt. So who owns all of it?

    Unprecedented AND Bad?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 1:05


    The word “unprecedented” has been used a lot over the last few years. I do not think it means what you think it means.

    Shutdown Averted Or Deferred?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 1:02


    Was there a major breakthrough of bipartisanship? It seems like nobody can agree on where to start the cleanup.

    Macroeconomic Fog

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 1:00


    GDP revised. Yes, they're still trying to figure out how much output the economy produced. And they'll be doing that for decades to come.

    Nowhere to hide

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 0:59


    Aren't bonds supposed to provide support to falling stocks? That's how things seemed to work during the two decades before COVID. 

    Shutdown Countdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 1:04


    A shutdown delays rather than cancels spending. In fact, a shutdown only affects up to 27% of total federal spending. 

    Higher for longer?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 1:00


    The Federal Open Market Committee won't tell you what they will do because they don't even know 

    Crude Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 1:03


    Most consumers don't care about oil prices. They care about gasoline prices. 

    DC, we have a debt problem.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 1:03


    The federal government has spent $5.5 trillion since October 2022 and it has only collected $4 trillion. That's not a sustainable path 

    The Beyonce Bounce and Swift Surge

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 1:04


    Revised down from 0.7% to 0.5%. Not bad, but not as good as originally reported. 

    Inflation is personal

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 1:03


    Inflation is heading the right way, but August was a hopefully temporary step backwards. 

    Trade protection isn't globalization

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 1:03


    Trade is, and always was, political, it's just becoming more so.

    Hard data vs. soft data

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 1:03


    Don't be fooled by the false precision of hard data. The fact is, it's all squishy. 

    Is September a bad month for stocks?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023 0:55


    Monthly averages can be driven by wild moves that have nothing to do with what month it is. 

    The Friday jobs fairy tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 0:57


    If you hear economists use the phrase, “It was a Goldilocks report,” please remember Baby Bear and that Goldilocks was a criminal.

    The Feast before the Famine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 1:03


    The swing from spending on services to goods during COVID and then back towards services may be petering out.

    Is there any truth to the “bad news is good news” meme?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 0:54


    The good news is that the Fed might feel like it can stop pumping the brakes on the economy.

    Job hopping? That's so 2022.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 0:58


    People seem to be more skittish about just up and quitting. They're holding onto jobs a bit more tightly than a year ago.

    Death, taxes, and losing your shirt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 0:58


    Unlike paying taxes where there is a deadline, the economy does not obey the clock.

    New home sales are on fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 1:03


    Existing home sales in July fell 16.6% from a year prior but new home sales are up 31.5% 

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