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EATING OUT EXCEEDS EATING IN FOR THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW

Date23 Oct 2018

EATING OUT EXCEEDS EATING IN FOR THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW Based on today’s Census Bureau report on April retail sales, consumer spending at...

The Latest Giant Sucking Sound – US Stops Subsidizing Global Growth

Date27 Aug 2018

The US stock market outperforms the rest of the world as the US begins removing subsidies. Forever, it seems, our macroeconomists and high-level policy...

The Flood of Money Into Passive ETFs, Mutual Funds Has Slowed

Date24 Aug 2018

Lifetime returns are mostly about investor behavior. Save while you are working, invest in stocks of great companies and don’t sell in a panic or...

TRUCKS KEEP ON HAULING MORE AND MORE STUFF

Date23 Aug 2018

US Trucks Hauled Almost +8% More Tonnage in the Last Year The nations’ extensive fleet of trucks has hauled almost 8% more tonnage...

Dr. Ed’s Blog: High Noise-to-Signal Ratio In Stock Market

Date11 May 2018

THANKS TO TAX CUTS High Noise-to-Signal Ratio In Stock MarketThe 10-year US Treasury bond yield edged up above 3.00% yesterday. This widely feared level didn’t...

LAFFER CURVE STRIKES AGAIN: TAX RECEIPTS UP AS RATES GO DOWN

Date11 May 2018

PERSONAL TAX RECEIPTS 12% HIGHER IN APRIL Today’s April Treasury report showed that April tax receipts not only set an all-time record, but were fully...

U.S. WORKERS STILL LAG IN RETIREMENT SAVINGS

Date26 Apr 2018

The executives noted that retirements are getting longer. Three-quarters of people who turn 65 will be alive at the age of 90 and nearly half...

BIGGEST DROP IN SMALL BUSINESS WORRY ON TAXES

Date10 Apr 2018

In the case of Taxes, the percentage of businesses citing that issue as their biggest problem has plummetted ever since the Tax Reform bill was signed into...

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