Tag: economy
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Fed signals interest rate hikes in 2022
Most Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday they were prepared to raise their short-term benchmark rate at least three times next year to cool high inflation. As expected, officials also approved plans to more quickly scale back the Fed’s pandemic stimulus efforts in response to hotter inflation, opening the door to rate increases starting next spring. Fed officials voted to hold…
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Systemic Inflation
COVID-19 policies creating systemic inflation, 100 year old trucking company folds, tax loss harvesting, and much more!
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Red Friday not Black Friday
Slow news week, Twitter CEO may step down, Oil rises, Omicron threatens us, Canada releases from its reserves, and much much more!
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Energy, Vaccines, & Inflation
Chasing the Yield – October 25, 2021 Episode 26 Value 4 Value podcastingListen to this podcast on PodFriend News Johnson & Johnson post 11% increase in revenue – Chasing the Yield Proctor & Gamble raising prices on household staples – Chasing the Yield Exxon considers abandoning big oil and gas projects – Chasing the Yield…
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2nd Qtr GDP revised up
Large corporations continue their accelerated growth throughout the pandemic. Gross domestic product, the official scorecard for the U.S. economy, rose at a revised 6.6% annualized pace in the second quarter, the government said Thursday. Originally the increase was put at 6.5%. The slight increase in GDP reflected somewhat stronger consumer spending and U.S. exports than initially…
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One step forward two steps back
Chasing the Yield – August 23, 2021 Episode 18 Value 4 Value podcastingListen to this podcast on PodFriend News https://www.chasingtheyield.com/2021/08/18/target-sales-up-8-9-year-over-year/ https://www.chasingtheyield.com/2021/08/18/main-street-capital-announces-38-5-million-in-investments/ https://www.chasingtheyield.com/2021/08/19/jjs-ceo-announces-hes-stepping-down/ Portfolio Update LowYield MediumYield HighYield Week -2.02% -2.37% -3.52% Month +0.93% -0.82% -5.30% 2021 +15.52% +12.67% -11.50% Inception +36.50% +8.00% -11.70% Dividends Received this Week Amount (OKE) $109.40 (ARTNA) $60.29 (KMI) $305.91 Dividends…