Know The Difference Minute

Make no mistake, 6.6% is an impressive number.

Ford could be cranking out 80,000 electric F150’s a year.

The headline continues to be the median price of a new home. It’s now at $390,500—up 18.4% from a year ago.

Target reported a great quarter and we saw that Macy’s and Kohls both crushed earnings for Q2 and issued higher future guidance.

In all, 7.8 million postpaid subscribers, 850,000 pre-paids, and just over 40 million past or current customers of T-Mobile might be at risk.

In July, economists predicted a dip of .3%. Instead, retail sales were off by 1.1%.

The theft of more than $600 million in cryptocurrency is possibly the largest in history.

Overall, prices rose 5.4% year over year, the same number we saw in June.

The ratio of opens to hires—even though better in June at 6.7 million and the 2nd largest since 2000, remain historically high.

Since January 1st, the FAA has received approximately 2,500 reports of unruly behavior.

Sharply lower at 330,000 private sector jobs. Blame went to bottlenecks in hiring.

While mortgages led the way, non-housing balances were also up sharply.

Ford’s CEO revealed 70% of the 125,000 orders for a new Bronco came from other brands.

Key US-made Capital Goods had a solid increase in June and suggests healthy business spending that could stretch beyond this quarter.

Consumer-packaged goods companies are shrinking package sizes while keeping prices the same—or even bumping them up slightly.

Experts say back-to-school may offer a preview of what to expect over the holidays as retailers trim inventory to limit risk.

As the reopening progresses—we’re seeing resiliency. According to a report from Yelp, more than 60,000 businesses have reopened since last year.

Retail is facing a triple threat according to a new forecast from Salesforce.

Online scammers had a big 2020, stealing a record $4.2 billion from Americans

56% of Americans have used a BNPL service. Apple thinks there is opportunity there.

Officially, June’s CPI was +.9%, the largest one-month increase in 13 years.

Several studies indicate we're good at underestimating what we'll spend in retirement.

May JOLTS data shows some cooling for the overheating jobs market. Job openings are still at a record high, but growth is slowing.

As the economy grapples with inflation fears, Americans who purchase prescription drugs have faced prices that routinely outpace inflation.

HR has its hands full balancing PTO, workloads, and way too many open jobs.

AAA’s forecast has 47 million on the road between the 1st and 5th, the highest auto-travel volume ever.

United Airlines sees a recovery ahead. It announced an order today for 270 jets—their largest purchase ever.

Many economists are forecasting this could be the strongest year for the economy in 7 decades.

American Airlines cancelled nearly 600 flights last weekend—and will cut more flights in July

Day 1 sales were up 8.7% to $5.6 billion and could hit $7 billion total.

Many are starting to ask: what’s up with the internet?

Could this be a tipping point for EV’s in the US? GM is America’s largest automaker and wants to close the gap with Tesla

Prices have dropped almost 40% from the record high on May 10th.

Officially, the CPI was up 5%, the fastest pace in nearly 13 years.

Americans pocketed $4.1 billion in Bitcoin profits in 2020 – more than any other country. China was 2nd, but only at $1 billion.

Today’s 9.3 million record high number of job openings came in far past the estimate.

Not everyone is taking the summer off. Private job growth in May blew past estimates with companies filling 970,000 positions.

Mortgage applications fell 4% for the week. That’s the 2nd straight week and the lowest since February of last year.

JBS is the world’s largest meat producer—and the latest cyberattack victim.

Foot traffic and sales are up.

They haven’t spent this kind of money since they scooped up Whole Foods for almost $14 billion in 2017.

The largest since December 2005 and the 10th straight month of upward movement.

A recent report indicated that there are a record number of IRA and 401(k) millionaires in Q1 of 2021. The market's big surge played a role, but perhaps the pandemic taught us something.

Even the most experienced market watchers have never seen anything like 2021, when a billionaire puts a cartoon picture onto a website and subsequently changes the markets. Hopefully, you have a team that has seen it all.

Ford just unveiled it's new electric F-150 today, another indication that electric cars are part of our future. But can our electric grid handle all these new electric cars?

Panic buying. Shortages. Long lines, fistfights, and people filling up plastic bags with gasoline.

Overall prices have risen 4.2% over last year, the highest since September 2008.

US job openings climbed to a record high in March.

Because of the surge in lumber prices—the average new single-family home price has been pushed $36,000.

Even off slightly, orders are extremely high with all 18 major industries reporting growth, the first time that’s happened since 2014.