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

The Big Picture

To prove their point, a number of friendly commentators, academics, and hired guns all wrote endless white papers, Op-Eds and commentaries. But they made one super-sized mistake: they cheated with the numbers. Note: To be clear, while the law passed in Sept 2023, it did not take effect until April 2024.]

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CoreLogic: US Home Prices Increased 3.4% Year-over-year in September, "Slowest growth rate in over a year"

Calculated Risk

economy may be dampening demand and price appreciation. According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added just 12,000 jobs in October 2024, the fewest in almost four years. YoY increase reported at the beginning of 2024. Besides the uncertainty regarding the U.S.

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Government Spending Is Out of Control! LOL

The Big Picture

The text accompanying that chart reads: “ Consumption: in 2024, one third of GDP came from government spending, a record high excluding periods of war or crisis; this was financed by 6-7% budget deficits, another unwelcome peacetime record.” How can this be? Maybe my animus toward DOGE is misplaced. Both the Wall St.

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Monday links: changed communication

Abnormal Returns

Markets How major asset classes performed in November 2024. The TSA screened a record number of passengers on Sunday. sherwood.news) Economy Bubbles often leaving interesting stuff behind. capitalspectator.com) Crypto Why managing a leveraged Microstrategy ($MSTR) ETF is harder than it looks. barrons.com) Boom!

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Tuesday links: social media shenanigans

Abnormal Returns

bloomberg.com) Traditional actively managed equity mutual funds saw record outflows in 2024. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com) Economy The October Case-Shiller numbers showed a 3.6% nextbigideaclub.com) 11 of the best things from 2024 including 'The Wild Robot.' (cnbc.com) Gold had its best year since 2010.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2024)

Nerd's Eye View

Welcome to the June 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

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Wednesday links: looking inward

Abnormal Returns

Markets A look back at Q1 2024 asset class returns. novelinvestor.com) Growth and value performance flip-flopped in March 2024. theringer.com) Economy How well does consumer sentiment correlate with the real economy? bonddad.blogspot.com) Part-time is not a negative for the economy if it isn't for economic reasons.