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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. from last September [2023], when the state backed a deal for the increased wages.” to only 19.5% to just 18.8%

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Why Hasn’t the California Globe Retracted Its Story?

The Big Picture

The Globe, amazingly, cannot even sum a column of five small numbers. Newsom and his staff including Brandon, are picking numbers and months to serve Newsom’s own false narrative. It was the Journal, then Hoover, then CABIA, that did all of the cherry-picking, and used a bad set of numbers to do it. That’s not even math.

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Avoid the Unforced Investment Errors Even Billionaires Make

The Big Picture

In 2023, he tweeted a list of overlooked facts. This was just before an 81% collapse that bottomed in December 2023. These two possibilities a 10-fold increase versus a 90% drop are roughly symmetrical in terms of math (but probably not probabilities). The most devastating: 98% of all ARKK investors were underwater.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

But most of all, it was just simple maths according to Druck. Fowler and Clymer (dubbed the “ High Priest of Horology “) discuss all things wristwatches and timepieces, including their experiences at the 2023 Watches & Wonders , why the marketplace has exploded over the past few years, and what are their favorite grail watches.

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TikTokInvestors

The Big Picture

I doubt he’s run the real numbers of being invested in the stock market tax deferred with an additional company match. The Math Doesn’t Add Up ( Rolling Stone , January 24, 2024) How TikTok Is Wiring Gen Z’s Money Brain ( WSJ , May 4, 2024) _ 1.

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My New ETF: 100% of Upside + 0% of Downside

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But just do the math: Would you prefer to give up 67 basis points (RWM’s dollar-weighted average fee is ~0.67%) or would you prefer to give up 30% of your gains PLUS pay an annual 0.79% fee for the TJUL ETF? The performance numbers reveal this is a terrible trade-off for the average retail investor. Chart after the jump ).

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What To Do When The Bitcoin Math Doesn't Math

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

That number is from a Bankrate article I found on a Google search. I'd be curious to hear if anyone else does the same search and finds a different number of lost coins. First, is the math right based on my numbers? Even the gain in 2023 might not be repeatable but it's the best we can do.

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