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With inflation standing at 8.3% year-over-year in April, everyday items are becoming pricier for U.S. consumers. Food prices in particular took some significant steps up, as seen in the example of shopping for hamburger ingredients. Meats experienced some of the highest price increases among food items: Ground beef now costs almost 15… Read More »Inflation Burger

To keep interest rates low the fed have been backing a lot of mortgages, with the desire to tighten monetary policy they are looking at unloading moany of these loans which could be a problem. This may also push the economy into a recession as housing prices drop and essentially… Read More »The Feds Owns A lot Of Property

Apple is a phenomenal company and keeps producing products people want to buy and is capable of delivering those products which keeps driving growth. Following a strong end to 2021 that saw Apple shatter its previous sales and profit records in the holiday quarter, the world’s most valuable company carried that momentum… Read More »An Apple A Day Helps Growth

It is no secret that housing prices have gone up, unless you are in the market for your first home you may not realize how unfortable it is for first time home buyers. Not since the housing bubble of 2007 has there been such a big gap between the cost… Read More »Housing Affordability

And we thought the issues in LA were bad. This is what it looks like outside the largest port in the world. China’s tough new lockdown measures have led to a major backlog of cargo and container ships in front of Shanghai’s port. With employees unable to go to work,… Read More »Shipping Jam

This chart shows little surprise as to which states have a positive economic outlook. Business freindly vs non business friendly. Arizona Ranks No. 1 for Economic Performance, Says New Report A new report comparing state economies ranks Arizona no. 1 for economic performance over the last decade. The latest Rich States,… Read More »Outlook by State

Arizona’s economic performance has been strong and as stated previously the outlook is very promising. In November, Arizona became just the third state to recover all jobs lost during the early months of the pandemic. The latest monthly employment report shows Arizona’s unemployment rate at 3.3%, and lower than the national rate of 3.6%.… Read More »State Performance

Counterfeit goods are big business. Shoes, clothing, handbags, electronics: While trading items infringing on international intellectual property laws is illegal, the corresponding market has been bustling over the last couple of years. According to data from the Global Trade in Fakes report by the OECD and EUIPO, trading with counterfeit goods amounted to roughly… Read More »Fake Goods

With Musk’s purchase of Twitter he used a leveraged buyout. The chart below from Statista is a good explanation of how this works. What Is a Leveraged Buyout? A leveraged buyout (LBO) is the acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money (bonds or loans) to meet… Read More »Leveraged Buyout