Sunday, September 17, 2023

Let's check in on inflation protected securities

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 VIPSX, nominal return Inception 6/29/2000 to August 31, 2023: 4.43% per annum   SPX, average nominal return, dividends fully reinvested Jun...

It's been 23 years of not a bull market

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 Average real return per annum from $SPX, dividends fully reinvested: August 2000 to August 2023:  4.23% August 1977 to August 2000: 11.35% ...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

This guy is the political analog to the slip-and-fall lawyer, turning up at every opportunity to exploit it for socialism

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  Bernie Sanders calls out automaker CEOs at UAW rally: ‘It is time for you to end your greed’

Rahm Emanuel: Deceit and deception are traits that run through everything China does . . . That’s unacceptable

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  America's Warrior Diplomat, Rahm Emanuel, Takes On China's Xi Personally...    Can't wait until he calls Xi Jinping a commie r...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Five of the 14 accused in the Gretchen Witchmer kidnapping plot have now been acquitted

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Corey Lewandowski-approved Kristi Noem is the perfect running mate for Donald Trump lol

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She's been road-tested and everything! Plus, she never bothered to show up for a vote to fund the wall, so she's more than perfect. ...

Bridgewater billionaire with a firm grasp of the obvious, for those without

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  Ray Dalio says to hold cash ‘temporarily’ — but don’t buy debt and bonds
Thursday, September 14, 2023

DACA again declared illegal by federal judge

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  A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled -- again -- that the federal government's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program ...

TSA: Taking Stuff Actually

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  Miami TSA officers seen stealing from passengers in released footage...

Midwest expert: Whatever

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  Ivy League expert shares the No. 1 common phrase to never use: It really means ‘I don’t care’

European Central Bank hikes main interest rate to 4% with core inflation running at 5.3%

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  Story . Yeah, that'll work. Oil market reports suggesting tighter supply and higher prices through the rest of the year and beyond ha...

Mitt Romney's takers still in the news

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  47% of Americans say achieving retirement security will take a miracle. Why inflation is to blame
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The inflation adjusted average price of ground beef in the United States

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 In January 1984, ground beef was $1.29/pound. Adjusted for inflation to August 2023, it should be $3.89/pound, according to the inflation c...

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, 76, will not run for re-election

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 No word on whether he plans to join antifa in retirement. Story .

Overall inflation reversed course and ticked higher in August 2023 on a monthly jump in overall energy prices

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 Overall inflation jumped up to 3.7% year-over-year and 0.6% month-over-month on a 5.6% jump in overall energy inflation month-over-month in...

The purchasing power of the US Dollar fell again in August 2023, down 0.3%, now down 15.1% since December 2020

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The inflation adjusted average price of white potatoes in the United States

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 In March 1986, potatoes were $0.21/pound. Adjusted for inflation to August 2023, they should be $0.59/pound, according to the inflation cal...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Housing affordability drops for a third straight year, now the most unaffordable on record in 2022, surpassing the 2021 record

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Real median household income has contracted for a third year in a row in 2022

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Emerson shows Trump beating Biden by 11-points in Iowa, by 13-points with Cornel West on the ballot

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 The poll is here . 34% of Iowa Democrats want someone other than Biden,  16% either Marianne Williamson or RFK Jr.