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Housing Dreams Dashed?

🏠 I wish my mood was more like home prices—nonstop on the rise. Homeowners love it, but for home buyers—and builders too—it’s a problem.

Oct 29, 2024

Electing Inflation

🚀 Yields are on the rise, and I’m so scared I’m about to call my mom. This can only mean a few things, and you’re not gonna like what they are.

Oct 28, 2024

Betting Markets Predict Election Winner?

🎲 The great American pastime of gambling can now be done on the great American tradition of violently heated elections. This is gonna be a fun week.

Oct 25, 2024

Barbarians Are Back In PE

💸🔥 Slim Shady said “Guess Who’s Back?” in Q3 with a new album, and so did private equity. Deals are so hot you might be able to take off that Patagonia vest.

Oct 24, 2024

No Neighbors, More Problems

🏠🧊Beer and revenge are best served cold, but the housing market is not. Find out why America’s most important asset class is at its coldest in nearly 30yrs.

Oct 23, 2024

Can’t Beat Wall Street

Complaining in the United States has grown almost as much as our economy in recent years. Find out why it makes literally no sense below.

Oct 22, 2024

Thank You, Big Tech

Big Tech companies are here to save us—and not just from having to go outside and touch grass. Increased energy supply for the whole grid is coming, sponsored by your personal data.

Oct 21, 2024

Just AIs Being Bots

This is downright weird. An ongoing experiment in which LLMs communicate with each other totally unmediated by humans has created bizarre outcomes, including a quarter billion dollar sh*tcoin and a new AI religion. Check out how we attempt to explain what the hell is going on below.

Oct 18, 2024

What’s Up With Consumers?

Ahhh.... okay, now I see why consumer spending data is all over the place. Consumers themselves have no clue what to do in this environment, as we can see in the latest sentiment data. Check it out below.

Oct 17, 2024

Morgan Stanley Keeps Flexing

Morgan Stanley just proved the phrase “save the best for last” as factual. The last of the big banks to report this szn released their quarterly numbers a day earlier than we expected, flexing on its less-Wealth-Management-y peers.

Oct 16, 2024

We Need Kim K

The box office is performing even worse in the post-pandemic era than many anticipated. Crazy to imagine with bangers like The Minions movie and Kung Fu Panda 4 coming out since then, but it seems like the industry needs help from the most famous movie star of this generation: Kim Kardashian.

Oct 15, 2024

Can’t Have Fun Anymore

Uncle Sam needs you to blow your whole paycheck at the bar this weekend. Consumer spending data from Bank of America paints a spooky outlook for an economy that’s 70% driven by consumer wallets.