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Cory’s Chart Corner
Humans just repeat the same old themes decade after decade. Today there is far more debt to service, thus greater financial impact on spending. Ask Walmart's CEO if he's noticed any change in consumer behavior while the U.S 10 years hits 5%.
Don’t forget in April of 2007 10 year hit 5.3% and by October of 2008 they were 2%.
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Good news for consumers and bad news for investors
Good news for consumers: a tsunami of used cars coming off lease are continuing to put downward pressure on auto prices, which are on track to decline 20% this year alone. Record vehicle inventories, along with heavily indebted consumers, and … Continue reading
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Out of sight out of mind has enabled plastic disaster
Being able to send trillions of tons of plastic waste out of sight, by shipping it to landfills in poorer countries, is an unsustainable disaster for our global environment. Meanwhile companies producing the waste are extracting their profits free of … Continue reading
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Financial resilience requires conscious steps to break from the herd
The Wall Street Journal runs this week with a detailed expose on the crisis of insufficient savings and income among Baby Boomers. This problem will be an enduring international preoccupation from here, as older folks battle young folks and other … Continue reading
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