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- What Is the Point of Profits in a Negative-Real-Junk-Bond Rate World? https://thesoundingline.com/what-is-the-point-of-profits-in-a-negative-real-junk-bond-rate-world/ 2 comments
- Raising Corporate Taxes Would Fund the Government for Four Days https://thesoundingline.com/raising-corporate-taxes-would-fund-the-government-for-four-days/ 29 comments
- Five Biggest Stocks Are 23% of S&P 500 Market Cap https://thesoundingline.com/chart-top-five-stocks-hit-23-of-sp-500-market-cap/ 76 comments
- For Years WallStreet Spent More on Buybacks Than It Earned-Now They Want Bailout https://thesoundingline.com/for-years-wall-street-spent-more-on-buybacks-and-dividends-than-it-actually-earned-now-they-want-a-taxpayer-bailout/ 264 comments
- It’s Official: This Is Now the Longest Economic Expansion in US History https://thesoundingline.com/its-official-this-is-now-the-longest-economic-expansion-in-us-history/ 68 comments
- US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973 https://thesoundingline.com/in-brief-us-wages-finally-get-back-to-where-they-were-in-1973/ 85 comments
- 70% of Homes Sold in China This Year Are Second or Third Homes http://thesoundingline.com/nearly-a-quarter-of-all-homes-in-china-are-vacant/ 2 comments
- Federal Tax Revenue Will Barely Cover Mandatory Spending This Year http://thesoundingline.com/taps-coogan-federal-tax-receipts-will-barely-cover-mandatory-spending-in-2019/ 15 comments
- The Wealth Effect Fallacy http://thesoundingline.com/taps-coogan-the-wealth-effect-fallacy/ 6 comments
- Swiss Household Debt Is Now Higher Than the US at the Peak of the Housing Bubble http://thesoundingline.com/swiss-households-are-now-the-most-indebted-in-the-world/ 7 comments
- The Largest US Trading Partners All Put Higher Tariffs on the US Than Vice Versa http://thesoundingline.com/nearly-all-the-uss-largest-trading-partners-impose-higher-tariffs-on-us-goods-than-vice-versa/ 75 comments
- Tariffs China imposes on every country http://thesoundingline.com/the-tariffs-china-actually-imposes-on-every-country-including-the-us/ 71 comments
- 55% of the US National Debt Is the Result of Repaying Debt with More Debt http://thesoundingline.com/taps-coogan-55-of-the-us-national-debt-is-the-result-of-repaying-debt-with-more-debt/ 92 comments
- The Chinese Government Likely Borrowed More than the US in 2017 http://thesoundingline.com/shock-the-chinese-government-likely-borrowed-more-than-the-us-in-2017/ 151 comments
- Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Is the Size of the Mexico's Entire Economy http://thesoundingline.com/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-size-entire-mexican-economy/ 20 comments
- The Average Age and Years Served of Members of US Congress Every Year Since 1789 http://thesoundingline.com/congress-the-art-of-incumbency-part-ii/ 108 comments
- Median Home Prices Compared to Median Income Since the 1960s http://thesoundingline.com/median-home-prices-work-vs-gold/ 68 comments
- Illinois pension benefits have grown six times faster than state revenues http://thesoundingline.com/the-illinois-pension-nightmare/ 193 comments
- 30-Year Mortgage Rising at Fastest Pace Since 1981 https://thesoundingline.com/30-year-mortgage-rising-at-fastest-pace-since-1981/ 23 comments economics
- What's the Fed's end game here? https://thesoundingline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Balance-Sheet-of-the-Federal-Reserve-Total-Assets-1914-through-May-6th-2020.png 144 comments wallstreetbets
- So if companies were spending more on buybacks than they were earning, is most of the growth in the stock market over the years directly because of that? Was this know to be a bubble before? https://thesoundingline.com/for-years-wall-street-spent-more-on-buybacks-and-dividends-than-it-actually-earned-now-they-want-a-taxpayer-bailout/ 4 comments economy
- Germany Spends More on Soft Drinks Than Importing Natural Gas from Russia https://thesoundingline.com/germany-spends-more-on-soda-than-importing-natural-gas-from-russia/ 5 comments germany
- S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in the US - the 500 largest companies in the US are now spending 33% more on their stock buyback programs than the entire country is investing in R&D https://thesoundingline.com/sp-500-buybacks-now-outpace-all-rd-spending-in-the-us/ 67 comments economy
- For five years running, the only significant net buyer of shares has been corporations themselves. https://thesoundingline.com/dividends-and-buybacks-now-larger-than-total-reported-earnings-for-the-entire-sp-500/ 11 comments wallstreetbets
- Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger than Total Reported Earnings for the Entire S&P 500 https://thesoundingline.com/dividends-and-buybacks-now-larger-than-total-reported-earnings-for-the-entire-sp-500/ 3 comments economy
- Ranking Economic Growth: Real per Capita GDP Growth in the 21st Century http://thesoundingline.com/ranking-economic-growth-real-per-capita-gdp-growth-in-the-21st-century/ 3 comments economy
- You'd Have to Eliminate 100% of Discretionary Spending to Halt the Growth of the National Debt http://thesoundingline.com/how-to-halt-the-growth-in-federal-debt-eliminate-all-discretionary-spending/ 13 comments economy
- The CBO Expects the National Debt Expense to Overtake Military Spending http://thesoundingline.com/the-cbo-expects-the-national-debt-expense-to-overtake-military-spending/ 6 comments economy
- Nearly a Quarter of All Homes in China Are Vacant http://thesoundingline.com/nearly-a-quarter-of-all-homes-in-china-are-vacant/ 28 comments economy
- Federal Tax Receipts Will Barely Cover Mandatory Spending in 2019 http://thesoundingline.com/taps-coogan-federal-tax-receipts-will-barely-cover-mandatory-spending-in-2019/ 50 comments economy
- How Much You Need to Earn to Afford the Average Home in Every State http://thesoundingline.com/map-of-the-day-how-much-you-need-to-earn-to-afford-the-average-home-in-every-state/ 2 comments economy
- The US Is the Lowest Taxed Large Developed Economy in the World http://thesoundingline.com/taps-coogan-the-us-is-the-lowest-taxed-large-developed-economy-in-the-world/ 7 comments economy
- Swiss Households Are Now the Most Indebted in the World http://thesoundingline.com/swiss-households-are-now-the-most-indebted-in-the-world/ 5 comments europe
- The Other Reason for the Stock Market Rally: Stock Scarcity http://thesoundingline.com/the-other-reason-for-the-stock-market-rally-stock-scarcity/ 7 comments economy
- Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Is the Size of the Entire Mexican Economy http://thesoundingline.com/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-size-entire-mexican-economy/ 4 comments europe
- Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Is the Size of the Entire Mexican Economy http://thesoundingline.com/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-size-entire-mexican-economy/ 87 comments europe
- Southern Europe Has Not Seen Net Job Creation in over a Decade http://thesoundingline.com/southern-europe-has-not-seen-net-job-creation-in-over-a-decade/ 106 comments europe
- The US Is Witnessing the Longest Period of Continuous Job Growth Since WWII http://thesoundingline.com/the-us-is-witnessing-the-longest-period-of-continuous-job-growth-since-wwii/ 5 comments economy
- Every Ruler in Europe Since 400 BC: Interactive Map http://thesoundingline.com/map-of-the-day-every-ruler-in-europe-since-400-bc/ 9 comments europe
- The Unemployment Rate in Every Region of Europe http://thesoundingline.com/map-of-the-day-the-unemployment-rate-in-every-region-of-europe/ 24 comments europe