What’s going on with bonds is interesting. It used to be that as bonds eroded, interest rates went up, and then banks would roll around in a bull-gasm. These days, however, even the nimrods who buy equities are realizing that higher interest …
This morning, gold is enjoying a desperately-needed relief rally, up nearly $40 per ounce as I am typing this. Sadly, for precious metals fans, I think this is just another fake-out. Don’t get me wrong philosophically, I would love to see gol…
71 percent of online U.S. respondents to Statista’s Global Consumer survey (GCS) say they use a cloud storage service such as iCloud or Dropbox, but what’s actually being saved there?As the GCS reveals, the most commonly named consumer use of cloud sto…
You may recall that, comically, there was an attempt made early this year by the /wsb crowd to make Bed Bath & Beyond the next hot meme stock, in the fashion of AMC and GME. Having lost 70% since January, it seems that fanfare has been rendered…
Netflix has been using the promotional slogan ‘Netflix is a Joke’ for a few years now – a seemingly self-deriding phrase intended to draw attention to the wealth of comedy content it hosts on its video streaming platform. As a Statista Global Consumer …
A new poll by YouGov has revealed that just one in five adults in the UK thinks Brexit has gone well since the EU transition period ended on 31 December 2020. When asked at the end of September this year, a third (32 percent) said they think things are…
In June, the Pharmaceutical Executive published its latest annual ranking of the top 50 biopharma companies according to prescription drug sales in 2020. Once again, Roche led the ranking with $47.5 billion in annual sales spurred by its top sellers, c…
After a pandemic slump, H&M managed to up its sales in the first nine months by 5.7 percent compared to the first nine months of 2020. As our chart shows, this growth can largely be contributed to three of its key markets.The fashion retailer accumulat…
Janet Yellen has now confirmed that the Treasury will run out of money in October, as we already knew from our tracking of the data. Congress will be forced to raise the debt ceiling. Treasury supply will mushroom at the same time as the Fed begins to cut its market support operations. The RRP slush fund will affect the timing of the coming disaster. But we know its coming and we have a good idea of when.
Meanwhile the BLS has fomented a completely false picture of inflation. I explain that in this report. It’s blatant.
Almost two third of Finns don’t have to worry about reaching a data cap with their phone plan provider. According to data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey, 65 percent of Finnish residents are using an unlimited data plan with their mobile phone…