Money & Markets – Week of 07.31.16

S&P 500, Nasdaq Ring Up Records after Stellar Jobs Report
Market Watch | 05 August 2016
Lot of August to…

Trump is Seeing a Huge Drop in Visits to his Properties
Yahoo Finance | 04 August 2016
NY, NJ…

The Rise of the Dreaded Down Round: Venture Capitalists Reset Expectations as Signs Point to ‘Day of Reckoning’
Geek Wire | 02 August 2016
The number of…

Bailed Out Citigroup Is Going Full Throttle into Derivatives that Blew Up AIG
WSP | 04 August 2016
Bailout: $45 billion in equity infusions; over $300 billion in…

BOE Rate Cut to Widen Pension Fund Shortfalls
Market Watch| 04 August 2016
Yield to…

The CEO Guide to Customer Experience
McKinsey | 01 August 2016
McKinsey Report…Move from…

Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index
Milliman | 01 July 2016
Was Brexit to blame?

The Kauffman Index of Startup Activity
Kauffman | 03 August 2016
New venture creation from 1997…

UK ‘has 50% Chance of Slipping into Recession within 18 Months’
Guardian | 02 August 2016
Losses in latest grim…

Vancouver Slaps 15% Tax on Foreign Home Buyers
Market Watch | 25 July 2016
Collect data on the role of…

JPMorgan Pays Inmates for Fees on Get-Out-of-Jail Debit Card
Bloomberg | 02 August 2016
Scheme “to exploit”…

Fed’s Lockhart says he Isn’t Ruling Out a Rate Hike Before Year-end
CNBC | 02 August 2016
Stronger than expected…

New York Fed Warns of Troubling Consequence of Rising Student Loan Debt
Market Watch | 01 August 2016
% of the total debt…

Aussie Yield Over Treasuries Drops to 15-Year Low as RBA Looms
Bloomberg | 01 August 2016
Odds of RBA rate cut…

JPM’s Dimon on Company’s ‘Bus Tour’
Yahoo Finance | 01 August 2016
Compete in…

The Truth Behind the Big Money Efforts to Change Pensions in Alabama
AL | 01 August 2016
Deliver Alabama’s retirement funds to…

The Burrito Index: Consumer Prices Have Soared 160% Since 2001
Charles Hugh Smith | 31 July 2016
From our local…

The Sorry State of Financial Literacy in the U.S.
Bloomberg | 30 July 2016
Even less than…

Nervousness Is Bubbling About A Restaurant Industry Recession
Forbes | 30 July 2016
Analysts believe…

Venezuela Calls for Mandatory Labor in Farm Sector
CNBC |29 July 2016
Necessary to…

At Least One Goldman Exec Knew That The Milk It Squeezed Out Of Libya Would Curdle
Deal Breaker | 29 July 2016
Pressure to ‘milk’…

Analyst Says Restaurants are in a Recession
RN | 26 July 2016
Historically led…

Puerto Rico’s Payday Loans: The Shocking Story Behind Wall Street’s Role in Debt Crisis
Democracy Now | 15 July 2016
Not actually money that the island…

Tierra del Fuego: The Tax Haven at the End of the World
Economist | 14 July 2016
Experiment at Argentina’s…

How Would Investing in Equities Have Affected the Social Security Trust Fund?
CRR | July 2016
Intergenerational risk-sharing…

Changing China: Millions of Jobs at Rrisk in Xi’s Rustbelt Revamp
Chicago Tribune | 13 June 2016
New model of…

3 Things CPAs Need to Understand about Crowdfunding
AICPA | 30 June 2016
Up-to-date information on the rules, including…