More criminal activity acknowledged within Jamie Dimon’s ‘fortress’ as bank execs hide behind the company’s multi-billion-dollar legal defense team.
JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, is facing a criminal probe in the U.S. into the firm’s foreign exchange business. Here is a direct video link.
Weak wage growth, expensive home prices, utilities, taxes and upkeep, along with high household debt and low savings levels, are all excellent reasons not to buy a house.
The solution is to rent, split costs and share with room-mates or family until one is able to pay down debt and build up savings and eventually amass a down payment to buy a home when the facts make good financial sense to do so. Those suggesting the answer lies in lowering lending standards and reducing down payment requirements even further in order to allow people to buy homes sooner are dangerous and clueless or wilfully blind about how the world got into its current debt mess in the first place. Here is a direct video link.
I can’t emulate many female vocalists, but Neil Young is a key element of my Karaoke repertoire. Yep, sound just like him…
A conversation with Neil Young about getting the world off oil “time to move on” and why North America’s evolution is being stymied by fossil fuel corporations. Here is a direct video link.
Speaking of Canadian musicians. We took our kids to see brilliant, world renowned, Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd in concert Friday night. To our shock and horror, she has restyled herself as a singer, songwriter. Someone needs to be honest and tell Liona that she is neither. We had to leave at the intermission.
Cory’s Chart Corner
