personal finance


Lululemon Fires Two Store Employees For Calling Police On Masked Robbers

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Stating that it would "look bad for Lululemon to be the company calling the police." 


Vegas Group Accused Of Cheating Casino Out Of More Than $225,000 Playing Electronic Craps

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“The cheating method involved dice sliding..."


As Interest Rates Rise, The Era Of "Deficits Don't Matter" Is Over

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Baby Boomers will be mostly dead or in nursing homes, but young workers will be paying for the bill incurred by their elders decades ago...


Sorry Our Demographic Karma Ran Over Your Economic Dogma

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 Your bogus economic dogma of "growth via the wealth effect" created the demographic karma that will bring down the status quo...


Tesla Model Y Passes Toyota Corolla To Become Best Selling Car In The World In 2023

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In Q1 the Model Y sold 267,200 vehicles, blowing past Toyota Corolla’s 256,400 sales...


Doug Casey On The Death Of Privacy... And What Comes Next

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The point is that cash is freedom. And when the State limits the utility of cash - physical dollars that don’t leave an electronic trail - they are limiting your personal freedom to act and compromising your privacy.


UMich Inflation Expectations Remain At 12 Year Highs

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... consumers are concerned that any recession to come may cause lasting pain.


Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Re-Accelerated In April

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...this is not good news for 'pause'-hopers.


Wages Going Up For Good: Catch-Up And Blowback

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Blowback has its own dynamics, as we'll learn in the decade ahead...


Pending Home Sales Disappoints In April As Mortgage Rates Top 7.00%

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...existing home sales down, new home sales up, pending home sales unch... you decide!


Withdrawing Your Own Cash? NatWest Bank Wants To Know Why... And See Proof

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...all to lay the groundwork for the march into CBDCs which will seek to accomplish three objectives of Late-Stage Globalism...


Unlike Washington, Americans Are Far From Their Personal 'Debt Ceiling'

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...back up the truck Americans, you've got $3.5 trillion left to blow...


Are You Ready For A Real Recession?

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In a real recession, what seemed safe and rock-solid melts into air...


Regional Fed Surveys Signal Slump, Buck PMI Bounce

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So despite the headline PMIs, at the regional level, business sentiment remains anything but robust...


US Services PMI Soars To 13-Mo Highs, Manufacturing Tumbles Back Into Contraction

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"... this tightening labour market amid strong demand will be a concern as a fuel of further inflationary pressures.


The Middle Class Is Being Systematically Destroyed

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If you wanted to destroy the middle class, one way that you could accomplish that goal would be to flood the system with money...


30-Year Mortgage Rates Approaching 7% Again, Housing Will Suffer

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For now, expect continued housing weakness...


How Corruption Makes You Poor

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Banana republics of all stripes have several common denominators...


Where International Travelers Spend The Most

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When it comes to travel, some tourists spare no expense. And some cities are well suited to attract them...


These Are The World's Top 50 Endowment Funds

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What do Harvard, the Church Commissioners for England, the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art, and an entity on behalf of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah all have in common? They all have endowment funds.