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"...you need money to buy things; you earn money by working; you may have to wait to buy things you want; and there is a difference between things you want and things that you need..." Time Magazine, Nov 30, 2015 Article - Your kid's financial education should start much earlier than you think - By Dan Kedlec
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Little Laughs!
How do you make eleven even?
Take away the "el."
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How do you make seven even?
Take away the "s"
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What is a duck on the 4th of July?
A Fire-Quacker!!
Laughs above are credited to kids and various sources.
Business fun facts!
Do you know the ancestry of American people?It is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world.This trend continues even today.These immigrants make America what it is today and are an big part in the success of businesses today.
There are over 320 million Americans today.Ancestry of Americans include: Germans over 14%, African American 12%, Irish 12%, English 8%, Mexican 8%, Italian 6%, Hispanic 5%, French 4%, Polish Scottish, Dutch, Norwegian, Scotch-Irish, Native American, and Swedish are between 1-3% but add up to 11%.The rest are from other various countries.
In 2008, $3.3 Trillion was the total loss in value for the US housing market. In early 2006 housing market value was close to $9.4 Trillion..so almost 1/3rd of housing market value was lost due to housing, credit, and financial crisis!
Since 2008, close to 12 million jobs have been added to the job market! This has allowed many Americans to get back on track and recover from the recession. Unemployment rate is now below 5% from almost 10% in 2009 when financial markets caused the recession!
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Markets rise on trade deal with China and US-Mexico-Canada
The stock market rose on a positive news of possible trade agreements. US-China phase-1 deal news and progress toward the final agreement helped the markets. On another trade deal among US-Mexico-Canada was also seen as a positive sign by the investors. These deals have been agreed upon by the stakeholders but still have to be approved by respective sides. Most experts believe that these deals will be signed soon.
Finally for the week, the DOW closed +148 points or +0.53%, the S&P500 was +27 points or +0.86%, and NASDAQ was +84 points or +0.97% for the week ending December 13th. Oil was +$0.71 or +1.2% at $59.78 per barrel.
Year-To-Date (YTD) the DOW is up +20.6%, S&P500 is up +26.4% and NASDAQ is up +31.6%
In 2018 the DOW was down -6.7%, S&P500 down -7.0% and NASDAQ down -4.6%. In 2017 the DOW was up 25.1%, S&P500 up 19.4% and NASDAQ up 28.2%
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Manufacturing and Service sectors show decline due to trade policy and global trade decline
The U.S. Service and Manufacturing business expansion (growth) or contraction (decline) is tracked by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).TheISM Manufacturing index for November was 48.1% (Oct 48.3%) and ISM Service (Non-manufacturing) at 53.9% (Oct 54.71).
ISM index below 50 is a sign of contraction (read below) and in the case of manufacturing it is already below 50 since Jul/Aug, 2019. Note that over 70% of US economy is Services driven, so the most experts are watching the Services ISM closely. It is on a downward trend but holding above 50!
The ISM numbers have been negatively impacted and off their peak driven by businesses holding back due to US-China trade dispute and global trade policies causing global economic slowdown.
The ISM index number above 50 indicates that businesses are growing and a number below 50 indicates that businesses are contracting.So at 50 there is no growth or contraction.It is good news when businesses grow or expand, because businesses hire more people to make moreGoodsand provide moreServices.On the other hand, when businesses contract, it means fewer jobs and more lay-offs, which is a bad sign for the economy. This is the 34th month is a row for manufacturing expansion.During the recentrecessionthe ISM was recorded at dismal 33.3 in December 2008.
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Learn more about...
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What is a Yield Curve, types of Yield Curves, and what does Yield Curves imply? Click here for Volume 665
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What is Currency Manipulation and Tariff impact? Click here for Volume 664
What is Currency and Foreign Currency Exchange rate? Volume 14. What is stronger or weaker currency? Volume 20. What does the dollar slide mean? Volume 32.
Who was the 1st woman Federal Reserve Chair? Volume 382.
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So far YTD... Bulls (Markets UP) = 32... Bears (DOWN) = 16...and Draw = 2