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The U.S. Decouples From China, While The EU Tightens Ties
Image Source: Pixabay Through the Trump and Biden administrations, it has been a policy goal to reduce imports from the US to China. While US imports from China have declined, EU imports from China have been on the rise. Mary E. Lovely and Jing Yan tell the story in “While the US and China decouple, the EU and China […]
The Gap Between Real GDP And GDI Increases To New Record $616 Billion
Data from the BEA, chart by Mish GDP vs GDI GDP and GDI are two measures of the same thing. GDI counts what all participants in the economy make, including wages, rental income, and corporate profits. GDP measures the value of the goods and services that the economy produces. Real means inflation-adjusted. The gap between […]
Bloomberg integrates Polymarket data to Terminal
Key Takeaways Bloomberg Terminal now includes Polymarket’s real-time election odds. Polymarket’s trading volume approached $450 million in August. Share this article Financial data and news service Bloomberg is incorporating election odds data from crypto betting platform Polymarket into its Terminal service, signaling growing institutional interest in blockchain-based prediction markets.Michael McDonough, Bloomberg’s chief economist for financial […]
Which Market Wins? Canadian Vs U.S. Stock Battles
Image Source: Pexels Can Canadian stocks be better than US ones? It is well-known that the US market offers a broader diversification and a better overall performance. But what happens when you put two companies in the same sector and with similar business models head-to-head? Which market wins? Let’s discover the answer using four stock battles: […]
Strong Polish GDP In 2Q Likely Driven By Public Spending
GDP growth in Poland was confirmed at 3.2% year-on-year in the second quarter, largely driven by consumption, both private and public. Investment was surprisingly solid as well, but we fear this largely reflected military spending. Despite soft real economy data for 3Q, a strong 2Q GDP reading supports our call for 3% growth in 2024. GDP growth […]
Berkshire Joins The $1 Trillion Club: How Long Did It Take?
How Long it Took U.S. Companies to Reach a $1 Trillion Valuation On Aug. 28, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway made history by becoming the eighth U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market valuation. This happened early in the day, as Berkshire’s Class A shares (BRK.A) touched $699,699.Berkshire has a dual-class share structure, in which Class A shares are […]
Demand Is Up – Profit Margins Are Down. The Corn And Ethanol Report
We kicked off the day with Export Sales, GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd Est, Corporate Profits QoQ Prel, GDP Price Index QoQ 2nd Est, Goods Trade Balance Adv, Initial Jobless Claims, Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM Adv, Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv, Continuing Jobless Claims, Core PCE Prices QoQ 2nd Adv, GDP Sales QoQ 2nd Est, Jobless Claims 4-Week Average, […]
EJ Antoni On The Current Recession
From EJ Antoni (Heritage), article entitled “Coming recession may already have arrived” in the Boston Herald (8/21): “…an increasing number of indicators say the recession has arrived in the broader economy.” Here are key indicators followed by the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee: Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (blue), NFP implied preliminary benchmark revision (bold blue), civilian […]
Is Now The Time To Buy The Dow’s Worst Performing Stock?
Image Source: Pexels Semiconductor chip maker Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) has had a brutal year, as it stock price is down a whopping 61% year-to-date, making it the worst-performing stock on both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq 100.This pioneering semiconductor firm is still the dominant player for making CPU (central processing units) chips for personal computers and […]
