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Economy

“Taxes, Tariffs and Debt: Investors Start to Fear the Presidential Election”

“Financial adviser Matthew Wilson recently got a frantic email: A client wanted to dump their stockholdings as soon as possible.  The reason? Stocks had staged a big run-up in recent months, and the client was worried that the market was about to get rocky… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Why so many men in the US have stopped working”

“ America’s men are working at much lower rates than they used to — and the reasons are a mixed bag of positive and negative economic news…” https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/ar-AA1nO1oI The two main reasons why less men are working are not covered in this… Continue Reading…

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“Key Fed inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago, more than expected”

“…“Inflation reports released this morning were not as a hot as feared, but investors should not get overly anchored to the idea that inflation has been completely cured and the Fed will be cutting interest rates in the near-term,” said… Continue Reading…

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“New York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to Them”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-s-rich-get-creative-to-flee-state-taxes-auditors-are-on-to-them/ar-AA1nit6R Click the link if any of you want to read the article. I just want to comment on the headline. If you live in a democrat city **get out**; Especially New York or California. After they collapse, if you… Continue Reading…

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“Retail sales rose sharply in the first quarter — and could boost U.S. GDP”

“The numbers: Sales at retailers rose a robust 0.7% in March and outlays in the prior month were also stronger than previously reported, indicating the economy got a boost from consumer spending in the first quarter. Economists polled by The… Continue Reading…

Economy

“More Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck this year than in 2023…”

“More Americans may be struggling to make ends meet. A majority, 65%, say they live paycheck to paycheck, according to CNBC and SurveyMonkey’s recent Your Money International Financial Security Survey, which polled 498 U.S. adults. That’s a slight increase from last year’s… Continue Reading…

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“Six-Month Federal Budget Deficit: $1.1 Trillion”

“Washington continues to spend like deficits and debt don’t matter, and the politicians would rather you don’t know. For the record, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday that the federal budget deficit for the first six months of fiscal 2024,… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State”

“…The U.S. Census Bureau reported in March that California’s population as of last July had dropped to an estimated 38,965,000. That’s down by 75,400 in a year — and 573,000 below California’s peak of 39.5 million in 2020. Entering this… Continue Reading…