In 2002, the average home buyer was 36 years old. In 2025, that same person is still the average home buyer, and they’re 59 years old now

Before covid, the average first-time homebuyer age never exceeded 33 years old. In 2025, it rose to a whopping 40. byu/Conscious-Quarter423 inInfographics The same generation that had affordable housing in their 20s is the same generation buying houses today. Because the average working class person cant save for the down payment in this market. The …

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US household credit card debt hit a record $1.33 trillion in August. The combined average credit card balance across all age groups is now at whopping $10,668 PER household.

$1.33 trillion in credit card debt. That is not strength. That is panic. The average family owes $10,668. You can feel it in the lines at the grocery store, in the gas pump, in the monthly bills that never stop. Yellen says it shows “a strong consumer.” Families call it desperation. First Brands just collapsed. …

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Micron gets hit with a whopping $445 million damages bill after it was found liable for patent infringements

Micron has been ordered to hand over a mega $445 million in damages for infringing on the patent rights of Netlist, a California based memory technology company that designs high-performance SSDs and memory subsystems. Micron was found to have willfully infringed on Netlist’s patents.  According to Yahoo Finance, the judge in the case can multiply the …

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Homeowners who mortgaged their homes instead of renting would have saved a whopping $289,110 in housing costs between 2000 and 2023

There’s a common belief that Americans would be in a significantly better financial position if only they could afford to buy a home. But has buying (particularly with a mortgage) and maintaining a home historically been that much cheaper than renting? If so, how much have homeowners saved on average? To answer these questions, Creditnews …

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GameStop Halt #15 – on the uptick. The P/E ratio has spiked to a WHOPPING 1,210x. Now BLACKBERRY is a rallying meme stock.

GameStop Halt #15 – on the uptick — M.B. (@741trey) May 14, 2024 Now BLACKBERRY is a rallying meme stock. BLACKBERRY. — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) May 14, 2024 Realized volatility has collapsed back to where it was at the all time high at the end of March: pic.twitter.com/XYx9SgMvTa — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) May 14, 2024 …

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Electricity prices have skyrocketed by 29.4% since January 2021, outpacing inflation by a whopping 50%!

https://twitter.com/Willhappen411/status/1778727446147207511 Energy prices, particularly the cost of electricity, have skyrocketed since President Biden took office, outpacing inflation and putting a dent in Americans’ wallets. Since January 2021, electricity prices have soared 29.4% — 50% more than overall inflation — rising 13 times faster than the previous seven years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Bureau …

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Unsustainable debt: Interest on the debt was $61 billion in May, more than the combined spending on veterans benefits, education, and transportation

Interest costs are a quarter of the deficit, leading to unsustainable debt. Latest US Treasury data show we're on unsustainable path: interest on the debt was a whopping $61 billion in May, more than was spent on veterans benefits and services, education, and transportation COMBINED; interest costs were a quarter of the deficit last month: …

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‘Treasury issuance is heating up next week, with a whopping $296B of US debt on auction!’

Wild liquidity week indeed. This chart might change significantlyhttps://t.co/5EOEAFVbLM — Daniel Baeza (@dbaeza13) June 9, 2023 Next week should be fun! We have CPI, Fednesday, retail sales, UoM consumer sentiment, quarterly OpEx, and Treasury issuance starts to really pick up. Are you ready for what could be a wild ride? pic.twitter.com/4khfgcH81L — Markets & Mayhem …

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