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Interest Payments Are An Increasingly Large Part Of The US Budget Deficit

The Big Picture

If you were in Congress from 2015-2021, you are the reason why HALF of the projected federal debt will soon be interest payments. Source: Chartr We talked about this 2 weeks ago , but the nation missed a fantastic opportunity to refinance all of the outstanding US debt at much lower levels.

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What If You Invested at the Peak Right Before the 2008 Crisis?

A Wealth of Common Sense

1 Here are the new highs by year since 2015: 2015: 10 2016: 1. By my count there have already been a baker’s dozen in 2024 alone.1

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The Advisory | March 2015

Brown Advisory

The Advisory | March 2015. Thu, 03/26/2015 - 15:21. and European central bank policy; and the many ways that business owners can benefit greatly by developing thoughtful plans years before they actually sell their businesses.

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Generational Luck in the Housing Market

A Wealth of Common Sense

The unemployment rate in America averaged nearly 7% from 2006 through the end of 2015: It was hard for young people to find work. Millennials around my age group graduated into the teeth of the Great Financial Crisis. The labor market stunk and not just for a short while. There was a lot of this going around: Just be happy you even ha.

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Mike Francesa on my Podcast

The Irrelevant Investor

Here I am in 2015 at Bar A on the Jersey Shore to watch Mike Francesa record a live radio show. And here I am, nearly ten years later, recording a podcast with him. If you don’t know who Mike Francesa is, he created sports talk radio as we know it today. I’m not exaggerating. ESPN did a 30 for 30 on Mike and the Mad Dog.

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2015 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING

Brown Advisory

2015 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING. Thu, 07/16/2015 - 15:53. The 2015 annual meeting celebrated the 50th anniversary of Warren Buffett taking control of Berkshire Hathaway and it drew a record crowd of over 40,000.

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Why Is the Fed Always Late to the Party?

The Big Picture

2010s : Remained on emergency footing post GFC for far too long – left rates at 0 until December 2015. To sum up, the Fed was late to recognize post 9/11 the impact their ultra low rates were having; Post 2008-09 crisis, they kept rates at zero until 2015, post Covid, they kept rates at zero despite inflation and market signals.

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