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DID YOU KNOW?
TARGET is seeing a pullback in consumer spending on many classifications now.... including food. Shipping volume rates are down too after the massive surge between 2020-2022. The cost of labor unexpectedly declined in the third quarter too...overall sales for APPLE fell for the fourth quarter in a row......Shipping giant MAERSK is cutting 10,000 jobs as 'greedflation' shipping pricing hit a wall and has dropped dramatically (down 58% in a year!)....and today we will see labor stats that are also indicating some cooling. Mortgage rates dipped too: The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to an average of 7.76% in the week ending November 2, down from 7.79% the week before. (CNBC)
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Gas prices - that impact all transportation costs, and thereby inflation - are coming down, even with wars raging in oil-producing areas. Why? It appears gas prices spiked for reasons barely mentioned in the media: Seasonally, demand is falling at the same time that refiners are returning from maintenance and boosting.... supply. Gas prices in Texas dipped below $3/gallon. (YAHOO FINANCE)
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What happens after inflation....DEflation? Cathie Wood, head of ARK Investment Management reiterated her view that she expects an era of falling prices, backed by new technologies including A.I, electric vehicles, robotics, genomic sequencing and blockchain. (Bloomberg)
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Bond King DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach believes that interest rates are about to trend lower as the economy deteriorates further and tips into a recession in the first part of 2024. (CNBC)
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Walking just 12 minutes in the morning and 12 minutes at night could reduce your chances of disease like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, etc by 40%! Walking outdoors in nature can reduce your blood pressure by 5%. Walking with a friend or colleague and including some social interaction could be even better. Yes, Leo, you are an inspiration!!!!!
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Although mortgage rates are expected to remain elevated through 2024, Goldman Sachs said that it expected them to fall just below 7% by the end of 2024. Shares in homebuilder stocks DR Horton, Lennar and NVR have dropped more than 16% since their peak in July as rates continued to rise. Higher rates are not helping housing shortages and won't fuel more building for sure.....which could mean even higher homeflation down the road? (FT)
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About 93% of your well being is determined by your lifestyle choices. 7% is genes. Calorie restriction seems to have the biggest impact on extending longevity. (Buck Institute)
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A new study finds that Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft, and Meta Platforms together withdrew more than 2 billion cubic meters of freshwater for server cooling and electricity usage in 2022, more than twice Denmark’s total water withdrawal in a year. Maybe we should expect high tech to locate closest to high water supply areas? Besides time, water may be the world's biggest luxury? (BARRONS) Who would have thunk?????
-–Ramit Sethi. Yup, most wealth is created over extended periods of time, with consistency and patience. Most older people today with accumulated wealth did not start out with anything. Time is the last luxury ....and the primary wealth creator!
Thought of the day:
The species that survive aren’t the strongest or fastest but the most adaptable.
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