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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

” A bit of quick math: 726,600/0.987 = 736,170 (starting point). Economies are extremely dynamic, ever-changing on a day-to-day basis. Let’s have a look: Over the 10 year period from 2014 to 2023, CA has grown its QSR workforce by 31.5% from last September [2023], when the state backed a deal for the increased wages.”

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Math Problems

The Better Letter

The maths are exactly the same. These sorts of math problems are the focus of this week’s TBL. Math Problems As this TBL goes live, just 16 games and one day of the NCAA Tournament are in the books, yet my bracket is a mess. In 2014, one bracket was alive through 34 games. Thanks for reading. Yours, too.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles In hindsight, we can see that the value in 2014 $AAPL was real while the value in 2014 $IBM was fake. Investment finance math is sales math. By Richard Wiggins & Michael Edesess Unlike social security, many pensions suffer reverse compounding of purchasing power over time.

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Saving Capitalism 1 Stock at a Time

David Nelson

All companies face the challenges of a slowing economy, rising inflation and a born-again Fed that is determined to bring inflation under control even if it means pushing the economy over the edge. Do the Math! Do the math! S&P 500 vs the Communication Sector. Alphabet (GOOGL) Meta (META) and SNAP.

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Bracketology (2025 Edition)

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In 2014, one bracket was alive through 34 games. UConn won the national championship as a seven in 2014. Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2 That was about a one-in-five-million level of success. quintillion.

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

The Big Picture

RITHOLTZ: So you joined Global X in 2014. And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly. What led you to them from Jefferies? BERRUGA: Great question.

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Bracketology (2024 Edition)

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In 2014, one bracket was alive through 34 games. UConn won the national championship as a seven in 2014. Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly claimed the average college basketball fan has a far better chance of achieving bracket perfection than one in 9.2 One bracket in 2017 was right through an incredible 39 games.

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