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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. Economies are extremely dynamic, ever-changing on a day-to-day basis. Hey, everybody’s entitled to their opinion about new legislation and there was no shyness about sharing theirs.

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Research links: taking comfort

Abnormal Returns

quantpedia.com) A round-up of recent white papers including 'When the Market Outgrows the Index.' papers.ssrn.com) Economy Why the defined contribution model is a risky one. Quant stuff How to (carefully) use ChatGPT in your research. quantpedia.com) Analysts What analysts actually pay attention to.

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At the Money: Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed President on Tariffs, Inflation and Monetary Policy

The Big Picture

Look, this, this is a t tangled, uh, this is a tangled web, uh, that is critically important to, to the economy. Um, and so I, I think in a higher rate environment, if you’re trying to cool the economy, this is always true. Now, in the 2020s, we have a primarily fiscally driven economy, or at least post pandemic.

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Transcript: Apollo’s Torsten Slok

The Big Picture

The transcript from this weeks, MiB: Apollo’s Torsten Slok on the US Economy & Trump 2.0 , is below. You know, most of the economists that you’re probably familiar with haven’t really had a good handle on the state of the economy over the past couple of years. White paper was about asset backed finance.

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Digital Currencies, Modern Trusteeship and Change

Wealth Management

Also, while the smart contract movement seems to have fizzled, the idea of a trust-in-concept, existing entirely on a blockchain ledger and fully integrated with a traditional estate plan, is again showing up in white papers at crypto conferences. That inflation, historically, if high enough, encourages movement to safer value forms.

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How to Profit from the Trump Crypto Wave

Investing Caffeine

We were honored to have our white paper on the cryptocurrency market published by the California Business Journal last month. Please enjoy the article below. Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump has wholeheartedly embraced the multi-trillion dollar cryptocurrency and digital asset industry.

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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Wall Street Journal ) but see Amazon Is Better Prepared for the Trade War Than Investors Think : The companys size and global reach give it muscles to flex even in a sour economy ( Wall Street Journal ) Bonds Are a Good Bet Again. Where to Find Yields of 6% or More. Ten funds to consider.

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