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Surprise! California’s 40 Qs of Rising Minimum Wage & Fast Food Industry Growth (Beating USA)

The Big Picture

To prove their point, a number of friendly commentators, academics, and hired guns all wrote endless white papers, Op-Eds and commentaries. But they made one super-sized mistake: they cheated with the numbers. Let’s have a look: Over the 10 year period from 2014 to 2023, CA has grown its QSR workforce by 31.5%

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Collapse in Prospective Home Buyer Traffic

The Big Picture

This brings us to the chart: The one above shows the traffic of prospective buyers looking at a new home (2014- 2022); the one below goes back to the 1980s. The four largest drops occurred during distinct periods of economic distress: 1990 (recession), 2006-09 (GFC), 2020 (pandemic/recession), and today (FOMC 300 bp rate hike).

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Wealth Inequality Starts at the Top

The Big Picture

Source: FRED Wealth disparities get ever more lopsided the higher up the economic strata you climb; there is more disparity with the top 1% than the top 10%, but the biggest spreads are at the top 0.1% (and above). Consider the chart at top, created by Invictus via FRED. And, it has accelerated over the past few decades.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

Since its 2014 inception, the fund has returned 9.7% This was impossible, and I said so: Either you guys are either going to win the Nobel prize in economics or go to jail. You see this all the time: After a huge run of spectacular gains, the media fetes a manager, and buyers pour in late. The inevitable mean-reversion soon follows.

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How Did Covid Impact the Minimum Wage Someone Would Accept for a Job?

Mish Talk

Reservation Wage Between March 2014 and March 2020 Working: +19.3 With demand for jobs in some sectors still high, and increasing number of boomers retiring, we have intense wage pressures. Regarding expectations, the average expected wage offer (conditional on receiving one) also increased and reached a new high.

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Nifty 50 hits 20,000! Here are Shocking Nifty 50 Moments – From Terror Attacks to Demonetization!

Trade Brains

Nifty 50 first hit 10,000 on July 26, 2017, and it took more than 21 years to double that number. For many people, 20,000 is not just a number; but happiness for many. The Ripple effect saw the market fall a number of times in 2008. On September 1, 2014, the Nifty touched 8,000. Now, Nifty is on its way to 21,000 points.

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The Equity Beat: Can the Swift Economy Remain on Stage?

Brown Advisory

economic impact of the Eras tour at close to $5 billion. The authors claimed that the next generation of consumers would prefer compelling experiences over products, and proclaimed the arrival of the fourth economic frontier, following the agrarian, industrial and service economies. One research company estimates the potential U.S.

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