20-year yield hits 4.97%, stocks face a cap, but credit markets are not pricing a recession yet. United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year.

United Airlines plans for oil hitting $175 a barrel and staying above $100 next year as industry faces worst shock since COVID The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027.   …

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Walmart loses $22 billion in market cap, CEO says budget constrained American consumers are showing “stressed behaviours” and low confidence

Expecting similar results for Unilever, Coke, Pepsi, P&G, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s and other consumer discretionary companies Edit: While a stock market fluctuations are normal, I find it concerning that the CEO has come out and said that consumer confidence is low to the point it is impacting shopping behaviours at Walmart, a low price …

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Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates to 10%

Credit card interest rates are too damn high, according to an unlikely combination of politicians who’ve recently drawn attention to the subject. Money experts agree credit card debt can be a major challenge for many card users. At 20.1 percent, the average credit card interest rate imposes a steep penalty in the form of interest …

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Cap rates aren’t competitive, making real estate less attractive than bonds.

A theory for why CRE closed-end fundraising has fallen off a cliff: Cap rates and stabilized yields in real estate just aren't attractive compared to other asset classes. In many cases, quasi-government lending entities (Fannie and Freddie) in the multifamily space are getting… pic.twitter.com/Hv29TlLx2j — Shashankh Aryal (@aryal1994) December 17, 2024 TLDR: Real estate cap …

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Dutch Government to Cap Country’s Population at 20 Million People by 2050, Will Drastically Cut Immigration Numbers

While all Europe is engaged in dealing with the tragic fallout from the demented policies that allowed unchecked mass migration to wreck most societies in the continent, perhaps no other country has a government so engaged in tackling the issue as the Netherlands – after all, to curb migration is almost the whole raison d’étre of the current …

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