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Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice A Wealth of Common Sense - Financial News Doesn't Rhyme But It Does Repeat Itself - Ben Carlson 10/3 * "It’s important for investors to remember that investing based on the headlines is a bad idea. The fact that we have access to
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Perspective USA Today - $5 to access your own money? ATM fees jump to record high and these cities are the worst - David Carrig 10/2 * "Among the top 25 metropolitan areas, Pittsburgh residents encountered the highest fees. The top 25 metro areas with the highest average ATM fee, according
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Perspective WSJ - U.S. Families' Wealth, Incomes Rose, Fed Survey Says - Harriet Torry 9/27 WSJ - Daily Shot: International Labor Organization - Regional Prevalence of Modern Slavery 10/2 Economist - At least 58 people are killed and 515 injured in a shooting in Las Vegas 10/2 Economist - High-net-
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If you were to read only one thing… Reuters - Chaos and hackers stalk investors on cryptocurrency exchanges - Steve Stecklow, Alexandra Harney, Anna Irrera and Jemima Kelly 9/29 * "Online exchanges for trading bitcoins and other virtual currencies can make fortunes for their owners. But they are largely unregulated, besieged
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Perspective NYT - Why Aren't Paychecks Growing? A Burger-Joint Clause Offers a Clue - Rachel Abrams 9/27 * "As economists try to understand why wages have stagnated across the country’s economy, they are examining the cheap labor part of the equation closely. A few have zeroed in
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Markets / Economy WSJ - Daily Shot: Goldman Sachs - Rise and Fall of New Technology - Share Price Performance 9/27 Real Estate CNBC - Stop sugarcoating the housing market: Economist warns that buyers face increasing troubles - Diana Olick 9/26 * "From a broad view, the U.S. housing market looks very healthy.
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If you were to read only one thing… Bloomberg Businessweek - Ronaldo Is Hawking One of the World's Riskiest Derivatives - Donal Griffin 9/20 * The product: Contracts For Difference (CFDs) * "CFDs, called 'a volatile form of gambling' by an Irish judge in 2014, make up one
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If you were to read only one thing… NYT - How Did Marriage Become a Mark of Privilege? - Claire Cain Miller 9/25 * "Marriage, which used to be the default way to form a family in the United States, regardless of income or education, has become yet another part of
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Perspective BBC - 'Monster' fatberg found blocking east London sewer 9/12 * "A 250-metre long fatberg weighing 130 tons has been found blocking a sewer." * "The solid mass of congealed fat, wet wipes, nappies, oil and condoms formed in the Victorian-era tunnel in Whitechapel,
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Perspective Economist - Daily Chart: Modern slavery is disturbingly common 9/20 Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Economist - In Detroit, the end of blight is in sight 9/16 * "What happens when a city accustomed to bad government elects a good one." * A good test case for a city
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Perspective NYT - Before Wisconsin, Foxconn Vowed Big Spending in Brazil. Few Jobs Have Come. - David Barboza 9/20 * "Before the Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn pledged to spend $10 billion and create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin, the company made a similar promise in Brazil." * "At a news
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Perspective Economist - Ryanair's mass cancellations are a problem of its own making - Gulliver 9/19 * "When Ryanair convinced many of its pilots to take fewer holidays during peak summer-travel season, it probably thought it was being clever. But poor planning and a bit of bad luck