US Jobs Report November 2016

A common news item for the last several years, US jobs are up, unemployment is down, wages are up – Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2016

Venezuela is experiencing 15-fold inflation. The US economy added 161,000 jobs in October and wages were up 2.8% from 2015. Continue reading →

Richest 1% Own 51%

The richest 1% now own 51% of the world’s wealth, up from ‘only’ owning 45% in 2009, according to Credit Continue reading →

Stashed Cash

Enough people are worried about the investment environment that approximately $50T ($50,000,000,000,000) is being held as “cash”. It isn’t $50T Continue reading →

US Jobs Report October 2016

The US did it again, more jobs; and this time with more wages. 161,000 jobs were added. Wages were up Continue reading →

Swapping Bolivars For Bitcoins

There’s always some instability in the currency markets, which is great for traders but tough for the people living in Continue reading →

Data That Matters October 2016

There is a life expectancy gap between the richest 1% and the poorest 15 of >14 years for men and > Continue reading →

Traders Shifting To Longer Bonds

Bonds are acting strange. When inflation was the norm and the world economies were growing, bonds would pay a few Continue reading →