Treat All Investments As Expenses If You Want To Grow Richer
Some people who critique my various budget charts are annoyed I list retirement contributions and investments as expenses. Therefore, I thought I’d explain my logic...
Country Risk: A 2022 Mid-year Update!
It has been my practice for the last two decades to take a detailed look at how risk varies across countries, once at the start...
Apollo-backed supermarket Fresh Market Holdings withdraws initial public offering
The Fresh Market Holdings Inc. said in a filing published Wednesday it's withdrawing its initial public offering. The Greensboro, N.C.-based supermarket chain did not provide...
EIA reports weekly increases in U.S. supplies of crude, gasoline and distillates
The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reported that U.S. crude inventories rose by 3.3 million barrels for the week ended July 8. On average, analysts...
Day one of Amazon Prime Day was the biggest U.S. online shopping day of 2022 so far
The first day of Amazon Prime Day generated $6 billion in sales, up 7.8% from last year, making it the biggest U.S. online shopping day...
Walmart expands Spanish-language online search capabilities after pandemic shift to e-commerce
Walmart Inc. said Wednesday that it has expanded the Spanish language search capabilities on its e-commerce site. As shoppers made the shift to e-commerce during...
Market Extra: `Peak inflation will have to wait’: Traders see three more 8%-plus CPI readings despite falling gas prices
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images“Staggering.” “Ugly.” “Brutal.” And …. “out-of-date.”Those are some of the words that investors, analysts — and even President Joe Biden — used to...
Fed-funds futures now show 67% chance Fed raises fed funds rate target by 100 basis points in July
Fed-funds futures traders rapidly readjusted their expectations for the size of Federal Reserve's next rate hike on July 27, by boosting the likelihood of a...