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FiveThirtyEight
U.S. Politics
Voters Who Think The Economy Is The Country’s Biggest Problem Are Pretty Trumpy. That Might Not Help Him Much.
FiveThirtyEight - Likhitha Butchireddygari
President Trump could be in trouble. A lot could still change between now and November, but historically, the strength of the economy is correlated …
18 hours ago
MarkB Smith
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Stock Markets
The stock market is poised for a 40% drop, warns economist who says the current climate feels a lot like 1929
MarketWatch - Shawn Langlois
“ ‘I think we’ve got a second leg down and that’s very much reminiscent of what happened in the 1930s where people appreciate the depth of this …
7 hours ago
Forbes
Finance
Supreme Court Deals Blow To Student Loan Debt Collectors
Forbes - Adam S. Minsky, Esq.
In a 6-3 ruling released today, the U.S. Supreme Court held that debt collectors working to collect on government-owned debts, including federal student loans, cannot contact consumers by robocalling cell
12 hours ago
Val Y
flipped into Finances
Stock Markets
Financial analyst Gary Shilling says the stock market could see a 1930s-like decline
CNBC - Elizabeth Schulze
Stocks could be poised for a big drop similar to the market's decline during the Great Depression, according to financial analyst Gary Shilling. In a …
13 hours ago
Carl Dillon
flipped into ECONOMIC ISSUES
Finance
It’s not the popular view, but higher inflation and higher interest rates are coming
The Globe and Mail - George Athanassakos
I know what I am about to suggest will go against the grain. But I am a value investor and used to expressing a view that runs counter to the consensus. On June 10, the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated very
7 hours ago
Zimran Truth
flipped into World Governments
Federal Reserve
The Fed Doesn’t Just Print Money, It Also Prints Alpha
Forbes - George Calhoun
The Federal Reserve is a factory of sorts. It manufactures money, of course. It also manufactures, as a by-product, very high-quality “alpha” – which is finance-speak for an investment opportunity that
4 hours ago