Economy
Walmart and its Impact on Housing Prices
In many communities, the building of a new Walmart is far from welcome. Some of the complaints include increased traffic volumes, pricing that puts local ……Read More
Economy
Economy
Global Wealth Inequality
Credit Suisse recently released the 2014 version of its Global Wealth Report, the bank's annual report on global household wealth. In this posting, I will ……Read More
Economy
Why Has GDP Growth Been So Modest?
We all know that there is a close relationship between personal consumption and GDP growth as shown on this graph from FRED: As ……Read More
Economy
Low Oil Prices Hurting U.S. Shale Operations
Slumping oil prices are putting pressure on U.S. drillers. The number of active rigs drilling for oil and gas fell by their most in two ……Read More
Economy
Nobody’s Home America’s Vacant Housing Problem
FRED, that wonderful source of all things economic, has a lot of interesting data that is there for the taking. As you'll see in this ……Read More
Economy
Are Margin Debt Levels Telegraphing the Stock Market’s Future?
Given the current high level of volatility in the stock market, I wanted to revisit a metric that reveals a great deal about investor sentiment, ……Read More