Know The Difference Minute

Tesla's bumpy road 28.12.2022 1:02 ↓

According to Edmunds, the average price for a used Tesla is down 17%.

Southwest Airline's rough weekend 27.12.2022 1:04 ↓

Tens of thousands of flights were cancelled including Delta, American, JetBlue and Alaska, but Southwest had it the worst and is still cancelling flights.

The best/worst time for last-minute shopping 22.12.2022 1:01 ↓

We are in the middle of 4 of the top 10 busiest shopping days of the year.

NFL via YouTube? 21.12.2022 1:02 ↓

DirectTV spends $1.5 billion yearly for Sunday Ticket rights. But with a subscriber drop to 1.5 million, it’s not making financial sense for co-owner AT&T.

EV enthusiasm eases 20.12.2022 1:03 ↓

The Biden administration’s goal is 50% adoption by 2030. Now, the median expectation from the industry is only 35%, down from 65% last year.

Retail disappoints in November 15.12.2022 1:03 ↓

Retail sales figures for November are in—and they’re not great. Down .6%, double the estimate.

The Fed drops a 50bps hike 14.12.2022 1:03 ↓

Dot plots, or the Fed’s best guess, show policymakers expect to end interest rate hikes in 2023 peaking at 5.1%--higher than previously indicated.

November CPI. Coming down. 13.12.2022 1:03 ↓

Still in the 7’s—but down from the 7.9% spring peak.

Retail's growing crime problem 08.12.2022 1:03 ↓

"Organized retail theft is spreading faster than COVID."

CEO confidence. Not high. 07.12.2022 0:59 ↓

CEO confidence is the lowest since the Great Recession of 08-09.

IRS: Operation Buzzkill 06.12.2022 1:02 ↓

Almost 75% of taxpayers received refunds last year. Things will be different for 2022. Expect smaller refunds.

Jobwatch; Fed style. 30.11.2022 1:01 ↓

As the Federal Reserve battles inflation, employment is on the front line.

Retail's huge weekend 29.11.2022 1:01 ↓

197 million shopped HARD over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Tom Brady, Miami Heat, and you? 23.11.2022 1:01 ↓

When there is a regulatory gap, institutions like FTX will flourish until they don’t.

Is a Train Strike Inbound? 22.11.2022 1:01 ↓

Worst case, we could see disruption in rail traffic as early as December 9th.

Retail's Holiday Dilemma. 17.11.2022 0:59 ↓

Consumer spending has been healthy but RetailMeNot’s survey says roughly half of shoppers plan on scaling back.

Sticky fingers hurt Target 16.11.2022 1:02 ↓

Organized retail crime has reduced Target's gross profit margin by $400 million so far this year.

Brady, Gisele, Steph...and the crypto bros. 15.11.2022 0:59 ↓

FTX lawyers say there could be over a million creditors.

CPI comes in cooler 10.11.2022 1:03 ↓

Today’s 7-7 is a headline number. Core CPI is more useful.

Midterms from 30,000 feet 09.11.2022 1:01 ↓

At stake is billions of dollars in infrastructure spending. Congress will influence how much money flows and how quickly it can be spent.

511 MILLION credit cards? 08.11.2022 1:03 ↓

Balances hit a record $866 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2022. The average is nearly $5,500.

Layoffs are increasimg 03.11.2022 1:01 ↓

Today’s unemployment numbers say one thing—but reports of growing layoffs are another.

The last 75 basis-point hike? 02.11.2022 1:00 ↓

Now at the highest level since January 2008, the short-term borrowing rate is in a target range of 3.75 to 4%.

Employment, Inflation, the Fed 01.11.2022 1:00 ↓

The JOLTs report showed job openings increasing by 400,000 in September. There are now 10.7 million job openings.

3rd Quarter GDP headfake 27.10.2022 1:05 ↓

Without exports, GDP would have been flat.