US consumer stocks are extremely weak:
The equal-weighted US consumer discretionary index relative to the S&P 500 is down to 0.07, the lowest in at least 20 years.
Since 2021, this ratio has fallen -42%, dropping below both the 2020 and 2008 lows.
Over this period, the S&P 500 has surged +60%, outperforming the equal-weighted US consumer discretionary index by 10x, which has increased just +6%.
Meanwhile, US Consumer Sentiment fell another -5.0 points in May after falling -3.5 points in April, to 44.8, an all-time low.
By comparison, the S&P 500 is up +17% since March 30th and closed on Friday just 0.5% below its all-time high.
The stock market is thriving, but the average American consumer is not.
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The equal-weighted US consumer discretionary index relative to the S&P 500 is down to 0.07, the lowest in at least 20 years.
Since 2021, this ratio has fallen -42%, dropping below both the 2020 and 2008 lows.
Over this period, the S&P 500 has surged +60%, outperforming the equal-weighted US consumer discretionary index by 10x, which has increased just +6%.
Meanwhile, US Consumer Sentiment fell another -5.0 points in May after falling -3.5 points in April, to 44.8, an all-time low.
By comparison, the S&P 500 is up +17% since March 30th and closed on Friday just 0.5% below its all-time high.
The stock market is thriving, but the average American consumer is not.
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Iran: There is no toll and there will be no toll in the Strait of Hormuz, but ships will be required to pay an ‘environmental protection fee’ under a joint system established by Iran and Oman
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The Arkansas State Police has initiated an upsetting situation with the Arkansas community after a trooper ran over and killed a baby duck.
What was thought to be a lighthearted video of a family of geese crossing an interstate turned bleak as an Arkansas State Police Trooper appeared to try to move the flock off the roadway, but instead, struck a gosling in the process.
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What was thought to be a lighthearted video of a family of geese crossing an interstate turned bleak as an Arkansas State Police Trooper appeared to try to move the flock off the roadway, but instead, struck a gosling in the process.
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Americans are finding it strange that almost every personal care item at Walmart is now being locked up, except sunscreens
I looked into why and found the real reason
It’s because stores like Walmart use loss-prevention analytics. They only lock what the numbers justify because locking everything frustrates customers and hurts sales. People abandon carts when they can’t easily grab items
It’s not random or targeted at specific demographics in a discriminatory way, it’s solely based off store data and what items get stolen the most
Sunscreens are an item that isn’t stolen very often, even for resale
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I looked into why and found the real reason
It’s because stores like Walmart use loss-prevention analytics. They only lock what the numbers justify because locking everything frustrates customers and hurts sales. People abandon carts when they can’t easily grab items
It’s not random or targeted at specific demographics in a discriminatory way, it’s solely based off store data and what items get stolen the most
Sunscreens are an item that isn’t stolen very often, even for resale
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Secularism is when you displace the dominant religion and install either a rival faith or a secular cult in its place
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NOW: Anti-ICE activists make HUMAN CHAIN as they Inspect Transport Van leaving Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, to make sure it did not have detainees inside.
Once assured that van was empty, it was allowed through the barricades.
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Once assured that van was empty, it was allowed through the barricades.
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New cellphone video documents the same Fairfield police officer involved in a violent arrest of a teenager at Fairfield High School last Wednesday, ripping a former arrestee by her hair out of her vehicle in a traffic stop for speeding a year ago
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A man walks up to a random house and repeatedly demands “Can you open the door?” without saying who he is or what he wants. The homeowner sounds confused and keeps asking who’s there.
What would you do in this situation? Open the door to confront them or stay inside?
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What would you do in this situation? Open the door to confront them or stay inside?
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Minimum paid vacation days per year by law:
France - 25 days
Spain - 22 days
Germany - 20 days
Italy - 20 days
United States - 0 days
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France - 25 days
Spain - 22 days
Germany - 20 days
Italy - 20 days
United States - 0 days
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Microsoft is reportedly reducing internal use of Anthropic’s Claude Code after its AI bills started exploding as employee usage rapidly increased.
Some teams are now being pushed toward GitHub Copilot as the company tries to control AI costs.
Uber reportedly faced a similar problem. Executives said the company had already burned through its entire yearly AI tooling budget by April because engineers were heavily using AI coding daily.
AI coding tools are now being used for everything, and that level of usage creates massive compute and token costs when thousands of employees use these systems at the same time.
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Some teams are now being pushed toward GitHub Copilot as the company tries to control AI costs.
Uber reportedly faced a similar problem. Executives said the company had already burned through its entire yearly AI tooling budget by April because engineers were heavily using AI coding daily.
AI coding tools are now being used for everything, and that level of usage creates massive compute and token costs when thousands of employees use these systems at the same time.
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