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October 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free rewards
October 31, 2017
There’s No Such Thing As A Free Reward

Although there is no such thing as a free reward, consumers rarely consider the rewards programs costs that they wind up paying.

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October 17, 2017
S&P 500 bull markets
October 17, 2017
Remembering the 1987 Crash

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October 2, 2017
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
October 2, 2017
Why the Twitter Predictor Was About Much More Than the Dow

Although one seven year old study indicates that Twitter sentiment could predict the Dow, a research replication attempt says no.

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September 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Warren Buffett bet
September 19, 2017
The Results of Warren Buffett’s Million Dollar Bet

With a Vanguard S&P Index fund competing against a group of hedge funds, a decade-long Warren Buffett bet for $1 million has just ended.

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August 30, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
August 30, 2017
Worrying About the Treasury’s “X” Date

Concerned about the "X" date, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has written a letter to House Speaker Ryan about the debt ceiling.

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August 24, 2017
S&P 500 bull markets
August 24, 2017
Throwback Thursday: When Wall Street Trading Was Slower

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June 23, 2017
unintended consequences from bagel tax and window tax
June 23, 2017
The Surprising Consequences of Taxing Bagels and Windows

By changing our homes and our cream cheese purchases, taxes on bagels and windows can have unintended consequences when they distort our behavior.

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June 8, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and quantitative easing
June 8, 2017
Throwback Thursday: The Best Banking Regulation

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May 18, 2017
S&P 500 bull markets
May 18, 2017
Why We Need Stock Markets

Whether looking under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street 225 years ago or at a contemporary African nation, we can see why we need new stock markets.

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May 9, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and CBO scoring
May 9, 2017
When a Score is Not About a Game

Told that the House had not waited for CBO scoring results before passing a version of the American Health Care Act, we can ask what they were missing.

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March 15, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
March 15, 2017
Why the Congress Needs to Raise the Debt Ceiling Again

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February 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and quantitative easing
February 7, 2017
A Dodd-Frank Reality Check

Told there will be a Dodd-Frank review, we can imagine many thousands of pages of rules targeting consumers, financial firms and an entire financial system.

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