Forbes: Get Ready For Another Lumber Rally As Homebuilders Anticipate 2023 Rebound

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Get ready for another lumber rally,

Despite its epic fall since March, lumber could be about to surge once again, experts say. Read more here.

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Forbes: Why Remote Workers Should Ditch Santa Ana CA In Favor Of Plano TX

By SIMON CONSTABLE

As if California wasn't already hurting workers enough. Read more here.

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Forbes: Scotland’s Leader Sturgeon She Still Wants Independence From The UK

By SIMON CONSTABLE

She also 'detests' Conservative Party voters, which make up almost one-four Scots voters. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #France: #Scotland: #MrMarket: Remembering a rare Cross-Atlantic hurricane and the Bear Market of October 19, 1987

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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WSJ: Financial Flashback -- the Crash of 1987

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Exclusively in the print version of The Wall Street Journal

CBS Eye on the World with John Batcehlor: #OPEC #Russia #EU The price of energy is not going lower

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Briefings Magazine: The Central Bank Dip

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

What a difference a few decades make. In 1982, the reputation of the Federal Reserve was riding high after its leader Paul Volcker had deftly tamed the double-digit inflation that blighted the US economy during the late 1970s. A year later, when Hong Kong suffered a currency crisis, the Fed’s tangential involvement played an essential part in lifting the then-British territory out of economic and political turmoil. While the Fed’s glow lasted into the early 21st century, the institution now seems to have lost some of its luster, as have other major central banks, according to some experts. Read more here.

Stone on the Wall of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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