9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer: US economy doing better than expected
Cramer: US economy doing better than expected
In order to help investors understand “homework”, Mad Money host Jim Cramer examines quarterly numbers from Alcoa.
9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Mutual Funds Weekly: Here’s why you should ignore the market’s daily distractions
Mutual Funds Weekly: Here’s why you should ignore the market’s daily distractions
Find out how you can stay on top of your portfolio, even when the markets are falling down.
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9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Margin: The worst air travel idea since pay toilets
The Margin: The worst air travel idea since pay toilets
Zodiac, an industry supplier, patented a configuration in which the middle seat is flipped around so passengers face one another.
9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on For The First Time Since It Was Mexico, California Now Has More Latinos Than Whites
For The First Time Since It Was Mexico, California Now Has More Latinos Than Whites
Two weeks ago, we highlighted a statistic that reflects the rapid demographic shift taking place in America. Non-Hispanic whites, Bloomberg reported, citing the Census Bureau, are no longer the majority in Americans under 5 years old.
Why does this matter or, perhaps more to the point, why do we mention it here? Because demographic shifts often have far-reaching consequences for the economy. Here’s what we said last month:
9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China’s Annotated Collapse Into Centrally-Planned Market Hell
China’s Annotated Collapse Into Centrally-Planned Market Hell
By now it is clear to everyone, even the most hardened neoliberals, that what is going on in China is nothing short of the complete collapse of a centrally-planned market into sheer chaos, a bubble which while punctuated by the occasional dead cat bounce, is now finished and it is only a matter of time before all the “nouveau riche” farmers and grandparents see all their paper profits wiped
9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Grexit: Changing currency is no easy matter
Grexit: Changing currency is no easy matter
To some economists, a new currency would turn Greece into a de facto failed state, creating a humanitarian disaster, the New York Times reports.
9 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 10 Very Strange Things That Have Happened In Just The Past Few Weeks
10 Very Strange Things That Have Happened In Just The Past Few Weeks
Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,