I hadn’t heard about the Flexible Consumer Price Index until I read about it from David Stockman. He pointed to it as evidence of how hot inflation was running. Well, that was true a few months ago, but look how fast it has collapsed. Maybe t…
With the announcement of Katie Hobbs’ win in the gubernatorial race in Arizona, the Democratic Party has officially picked up three governor seats in the 2022 midterms, while the Republicans took over one governorship from Democrats. New Democratic gov…
Here’s an interesting layered chart I put together this morning. In blue is the SPY and in red is the cumulative advance/decline line. What jumps out at me is how, from the start of the year until October 13th, the lines were pretty much in l…
$40 billion CMB to be auctioned November 17. Settling November 22.
Despite crypto evangelists describing the current situation in the cryptocurrency market as just another dip, the phenomenon known as crypto winter has real and possibly lasting consequences for one of the more volatile finance sectors. Since May 2022,…
Tropical forest loss remained high last year, despite commitments from various companies and governments to curb deforestation. According to data from the University of Maryland, available on the Global Forest Watch platform, in 2021 the tropics lost 1…
This chart looks at some of the common items that are sold on the Dark Web, and how much they sold for on average in 2022.
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The bicycle as we know it today, with two similarly sized wheels and a chain drive system, was originally commercialized by John Starley and William Sutton in 1885. And since then, nothing better has been invented in terms of energy efficient travel.Wh…
Following another big rate hike by the Fed last week, inflation showed signs of cooling in October, as prices rose 0.4 percent compared to September and 7.7 percent compared to October 2021. While that’s still higher than anything seen in the past 40 y…
This visualization breaks down how household wealth is distributed around the world. Just 10 countries now account for 75% of total household wealth.