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Year after year, the slots that game developers produce and release are bigger and better. From high-definition graphics to unique…
Continue ReadingNext Tuesday: June 2020 Market & Economic Update
On June 9th, at 11:15 AM Pacific Time, UCI Finance Professor Christopher Schwarz and I will be discussing the June…
Continue ReadingIs the BLS Grossly Underestimating Our Unemployment Rate?
During the decade-long Great Depression, friends often greeted each other by asking, “Are you working?” After all, anywhere from ten…
Continue ReadingWhy hope for a second stimulus check isn’t dead yet
It’s looking more and more like there won’t be a second coronavirus stimulus check. It isn’t an impossibility, but there…
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The United States is by far the biggest importer of goods in the world. But it doesn’t export as much…
Continue ReadingUpdate: Framing Lumber Future Prices Up Year-over-year
Here is another monthly update on framing lumber prices. Lumber prices declined sharply from the record highs in early…
Continue ReadingVolatility And Risk Mitigation In The 2020 Financial Climate
While big businesses always have an option of faux Keynesian economics and the government to bail them out when they…
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