Consumer Staples stocks are thriving:
The S&P 500 Consumer Staples sector is up +17% in 5 weeks, its best performance since the 2020 pandemic recovery.
Only 4 other 5-week runs have been stronger since 1990, including February 1991, November 1998, April 2000, and April 2020.
This comes as investors bought a record +$3.6 billion in consumer staples stocks and ETFs over the last 4 weeks.
This brings the 4-week average of net purchases to +$912 million, an all-time high.
By comparison, average over the previous 52-weeks was just +$7 million.
Investors are piling into defensive stocks at a record pace.
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The S&P 500 Consumer Staples sector is up +17% in 5 weeks, its best performance since the 2020 pandemic recovery.
Only 4 other 5-week runs have been stronger since 1990, including February 1991, November 1998, April 2000, and April 2020.
This comes as investors bought a record +$3.6 billion in consumer staples stocks and ETFs over the last 4 weeks.
This brings the 4-week average of net purchases to +$912 million, an all-time high.
By comparison, average over the previous 52-weeks was just +$7 million.
Investors are piling into defensive stocks at a record pace.
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BREAKING - Fed up New Yorkers are now begging Zohran Mamdani to end Islamic prayer calls being blasted throughout the city as early as 5 AM.
Voting has consequences.
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Voting has consequences.
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The social platform X is currently down for many users worldwide, with feeds and posts failing to load and widespread error reports showing users unable to access their timelines or post updates. Outage tracking sites show a large spike in issues reported across the U.S., U.K., and other regions, though X has not yet given an official reason for the disruption
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The thing that really stands out to me on this map is that young people in Puerto Rico don't seem interested in marriage.
Why?
Looser alternative arrangements? Genuinely not stably pairing off? Selection into the survey?
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Why?
Looser alternative arrangements? Genuinely not stably pairing off? Selection into the survey?
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Bring Ukraine into the EU by 2027...
- Then activate Article 42-7 of the Treaty, the "mutual defense clause," which, "is not optional but MANDATORY"
- Then finalize this process of going to war against Russia by shifting foreign policy "from unanimity to qualified majority"! The veto is over!
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- Then activate Article 42-7 of the Treaty, the "mutual defense clause," which, "is not optional but MANDATORY"
- Then finalize this process of going to war against Russia by shifting foreign policy "from unanimity to qualified majority"! The veto is over!
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Absolutely insane. Wall Street private equity firms are now buying up American mobile home parks and skyrocketing rents up to 60% on people
“These communities have become the target of a new kind of landlord, private equity. Private equity firms are increasingly getting involved. Some of the biggest investors in America have moved into this industry. People living at a local mobile home park outraged over the sharp increase in lot rents. Rents were raised by nearly 60%.”
Resident “I worked for 45 years. There is no American dream anymore. All it is survival.”
“Homes of America has gone on a buying spree spending nearly $300 million to acquire 138 parks across 17 states. They've raised rents and aggressively evicted residents.” and that’s just ONE FIRM buying, there are many more
Resident says “I don't know what I'm gonna do. Hope that I don't wake up tomorrow. Death crossed my mind.” She can only afford one more month of rent
How much more will the American People continue to take?
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“These communities have become the target of a new kind of landlord, private equity. Private equity firms are increasingly getting involved. Some of the biggest investors in America have moved into this industry. People living at a local mobile home park outraged over the sharp increase in lot rents. Rents were raised by nearly 60%.”
Resident “I worked for 45 years. There is no American dream anymore. All it is survival.”
“Homes of America has gone on a buying spree spending nearly $300 million to acquire 138 parks across 17 states. They've raised rents and aggressively evicted residents.” and that’s just ONE FIRM buying, there are many more
Resident says “I don't know what I'm gonna do. Hope that I don't wake up tomorrow. Death crossed my mind.” She can only afford one more month of rent
How much more will the American People continue to take?
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Ground collapses in Indonesia's Pondok Balik — over 30,000 square meters of land have been SWALLOWED
Multiple communities, as well as roads and power lines, are at risk
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Multiple communities, as well as roads and power lines, are at risk
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Ghana’s President Mahama demands reparations from former European colonizers for the 12 million African slaves
‘Africa cannot sit just as a quiet victim with cup in hand begging these nations to change their minds. Africa has to take its destiny into its own hands’
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‘Africa cannot sit just as a quiet victim with cup in hand begging these nations to change their minds. Africa has to take its destiny into its own hands’
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The smartest age in life may be 55 to 60 – not in your 20s.
Raw cognitive abilities, such as processing speed and memory, often peak early in life. Athletes typically hit their prime before 30, mathematicians make major breakthroughs by their mid-30s, and chess champions rarely stay dominant past 40.
However, a new research reveals that overall psychological functioning—including personality traits, judgment, and emotional intelligence—peaks much later, between ages 55 and 60.
A study analyzing 16 key traits across the lifespan found that conscientiousness peaks around 65, emotional stability reaches its height near 75, moral reasoning deepens in older age, and the ability to avoid cognitive biases may improve into the 70s or 80s.
When combined into a single index, these traits suggest the mind is most balanced in the late 50s, blending experience, emotional steadiness, and sound judgment. This may explain why many top leaders and thinkers achieve their greatest impact in midlife.
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Raw cognitive abilities, such as processing speed and memory, often peak early in life. Athletes typically hit their prime before 30, mathematicians make major breakthroughs by their mid-30s, and chess champions rarely stay dominant past 40.
However, a new research reveals that overall psychological functioning—including personality traits, judgment, and emotional intelligence—peaks much later, between ages 55 and 60.
A study analyzing 16 key traits across the lifespan found that conscientiousness peaks around 65, emotional stability reaches its height near 75, moral reasoning deepens in older age, and the ability to avoid cognitive biases may improve into the 70s or 80s.
When combined into a single index, these traits suggest the mind is most balanced in the late 50s, blending experience, emotional steadiness, and sound judgment. This may explain why many top leaders and thinkers achieve their greatest impact in midlife.
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US white-collar hiring is extremely weak:
There are now just 1.6 job openings per 100 employees in the professional and business services sector, the lowest in at least 11 years.
This ratio has more than HALVED since 2021 and is even lower than the 2020 pandemic bottom.
Furthermore, the ratio of unemployed to job openings in the industry is down to 4.0%, nearly matching 2020 lows.
This comes as total job openings in the sector are down -1.4 million since the March 2022 peak, to 1.0 million, the lowest since May 2020.
Over the same period, the hiring rate is down -1.8 percentage points, to 4.2%, in line with levels seen during the 2008 Financial Crisis.
The US white-collar recession is accelerating.
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There are now just 1.6 job openings per 100 employees in the professional and business services sector, the lowest in at least 11 years.
This ratio has more than HALVED since 2021 and is even lower than the 2020 pandemic bottom.
Furthermore, the ratio of unemployed to job openings in the industry is down to 4.0%, nearly matching 2020 lows.
This comes as total job openings in the sector are down -1.4 million since the March 2022 peak, to 1.0 million, the lowest since May 2020.
Over the same period, the hiring rate is down -1.8 percentage points, to 4.2%, in line with levels seen during the 2008 Financial Crisis.
The US white-collar recession is accelerating.
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