Since 1950, whenever the S&P 500 is up between 5% and 10% in the first quarter, the rest of the year gains, on average, are another 12.4% and were higher 86.7% of the time. NASDAQ, April 16, 2021
Last year, overall, the increase in home prices nationally was 17.2%. In Austin, Texas, the median listing price for a house rose 40% in one year. Axios Markets, April 11, 2021
The U.S. marijuana industry supports 300,000+ full-time jobs- more than the number of dentists in the country. Morning Brew, April 20, 2021
“To be or not to be.” That’s not really a question. Jean-Luc Godard
Facebook disabled more than 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December 2020. Reuters, March 22, 2021
U.S. homeowners cashed out $152.7 billion in home equity last year, a 42% increase from 2019 and the most since 2007. It was also a blockbuster year for mortgage originations: Lenders churned out more mortgages than ever in 2020, fueled by roughly $2.8 trillion in refinancings. The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2021
“Creditors have better memories than debtors.” Ben Franklin