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On today’s show we discuss
- Noobwhale.com
- Bill McBride’s take on the yield curve
- When everyone knows everything
- We may never see positive rates again
- Bonds are frickin expensive
- Galloway on WeWork
- Amazon is on Twitter putting out fires
- What happens when you combine finances with your spouse?
- Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck (survey)
- Vanguard’s alternative fund
- RV sales are falling
Listen live
Recommendations
- The Man Who Solved the Markets
- The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
- 21st century fly swatter
- Bernie Sanders and Joe Rogan
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Tweets
Chart of the week: U.S. retail sales totaled $523.5 billion in July, an increase of 0.7% from June and 3.4% from a year earlier https://t.co/qyneYFNyT3 pic.twitter.com/MGRt7troIf
— St. Louis Fed (@stlouisfed) August 17, 2019