Money & Markets – Week of 02.21.16

Disney World and Disneyland Just Started Surge Pricing
Fortune | 27 February 2016
U.S. parks set…

Citigroup Receives Subpoena From U.S. Attorney in FIFA Probe
Bloomberg | 26 February 2016
Transactions…

Who Gets the Most in Disability Pay? 8 Key Social Security Facts
Yahoo Finance | 26 February 2016
Facing a 19 percent reduction…

Dollar Rises vs. Yen, But Erases Gains Against Euro, Pound
Market Watch | 25 February 2016
Broader shift in…

Venezuela is Shipping Gold to Pay Debt
CNN | 25 February 2016
Likely reason behind…

Mexican Drug Cartels have Found a Very Lucrative New Business: Robbing Multinational Corporations
The Week | 24 April 2015
Allows multinationals to invest in…

Beijing Now has More Billionaires than New York
CNN | 24 February 2016
“Vampire”…

JP Morgan’s ‘London Whale’ Surfaces to Say ’12 Loss Not His Fault
Bloomberg | 23 February 2016
Not the actions of…

Japan’s Negative Interest Rates Are Driving up Sales of Safes
Fortune | 23 February 2016
Encouraging consumers to…

Canals Feel Ripples of Container Shipping Crisis as Vessels Go the Long Way Round
gCaptain | 23 February 2016
cheaper to sail…

The Decline of US Labor Unions over the last 30 Years
Business Insider | 23 February 2016
Frequency of a major…

Bank of America’s Newest Mortgage: 3% Down and No FHA
NASDAQ | 22 February 2016
Risk of…

Top Supermarkets Refuse to Sign UK Firms’ Anti-Brexit Letter
The Guardian | 22 February 2016
The People…

Sovereign Wealth Funds May Sell $404 Billion of Equities
Bloomberg | 22 February 2016
If crude prices…

Fed Official Warns on Rush to ‘Government-only’ U.S. Money Funds
Reuters | 22 February 2016
Conversion from prime…

This Chart Shows What Happens When You Hold Stocks for Decades
Business Insider | 22 February 2016
Pretty simple: stocks usually…

NYSE Short Interest Nears Record, Pre-Lehman Level
Zero Hedge | 21 February 2016
Intervenes, or a massive…

The US Dollar Just Became the Official Currency of ISIS
Activist Post | 20 February 2016
For tax payments, fines, and…

Federal Reserve Staffers Say Mutual Funds Vulnerable to Runs
Bloomberg | 18 February 2016
Led to a selloff in…

Not Just the DOL: Retirement Plan Advisers Must Prepare for Increased SEC Scrutiny
Investment News | 18 February 2016
Rollover advice and…

Bank CEO reveals how Obama administration shook him down
NY Post | 21 February 2016

Antitrust Experts Debate Apple’s Supreme Court Bid
Publishers Weekly | 16 February 2016
Less-vigorous competition…

State-by-State Guide to Taxes: Map
Kiplinger | 01 September 2015
Compare feature…

PBOC’s Zhou Breaks His Long Silence
Bloomberg | 14 February 2016
A signal for…