For both monthly and year-over-year sales, two major U.S. regions experienced growth, one region remained stable and the other registered a decline.
Read the entire article: Existing-Home Sales Accelerated 4.2% in February
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There’s no doubt that we’re in the golden age of sandwiches. Of course, there are hundreds of classic sandwiches across cultures, all of which are delicious and deserve recognition, but I’m talking about a time of extreme sandwich innovation.
Take content creator Owen Han, for example, who has built a devoted following (and career) entirely based on his gourmet takes on the humble sandwich, with hundreds of decadent renditions ranging from a surf and turf sandwich with tomahawk steak and snow crab legs to an Eggs Benedict croissant.
Meanwhile, sandwich shops have cemented their place among some of today’s most thrilling restaurants, like New Orleans’ Turkey and the Wolf, renowned for its collard green melt with pickled cherry pepper dressing and fried bologna sandwich replete with potato chips and American cheese.
Read the entire article: This Is the Best Sandwich in the World, According to the World Food Championships
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SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronauts had some company in the water after they splashed down on Tuesday afternoon (March 18).The Crew-9 mission returned to Earth at 5:57 p.m. EDT (2157 GMT) on Tuesday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. A fleet of recovery vessels soon converged on Crew-9’s Dragon capsule, named Freedom — and so did some curious marine mammals, who wanted to check out this strange object that fell from the sky into their domain.
Read the entire article: Dolphins welcome SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video) | Space
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Apparently, I’m more technically challenged than I thought I was.
You might have received an errant “newsletter” this week on Wednesday. This is the reboot of the weekly digest that I’ve sent out for many years. But, when I reactivated it on Wednesday, it picked up some old test articles and sent them out immediately.
Sorry about that… please ignore!
You are supposed to get our weekly digest on Sunday mornings. It’s a lighter read than a hard-hitting investment dissection and analysis.
I intend to write articles, investment commentary, and analysis from time to time. When I’ve written an article, it will be presented here as the first article in the weekly digest email rather than delivered separately to you through other means.
I have also been working on an investing series over the last couple of weeks, which discusses the new administration’s economic and cost-cutting policies. I have completed the last article in that series about how tariffs, policy directives, onshoring, government cost-cutting, and reducing or eliminating bureaucratic red tape could help to completely reshape our economy if enacted.
Let me know if you’d like a copy of that last report, and I will forward it to you directly.
Thanks, and happy Sunday and have a great upcoming week!
Jeff
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Investing in the stock market is not a physical science like weather forecasting. Although the market is difficult to predict, there are proven strategies that can help you invest wisely. Learn why guessing is not a good way to make investment decisions in this article by Carl, and stop pretending to know something you don’t.
Read the entire article: Now and Future – Behavior Gap
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In a fun experiment, Max Koch, a researcher at the University of Göttingen in Germany—who also happens to be passionate about homebrewing—decided to use a high-speed camera to capture what occurs while opening a swing-top bottle of homebrew.
Read the entire article: What’s behind the ‘pop and slosh’ when opening a swing-top bottle of beer?
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The Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.Faced with pressing concerns over the impact tariffs will have on a slowing economy, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a range between 4.25%-4.5%
Read the entire article: Fed rate decision March 2025: Fed holds interest rates steady
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With consumer confidence taking a notable dive in recent months and inflation still hovering above the Federal Reserve’s target rate, economic anxiety has become a defining feature of the early days of Trump’s second administration. While the president has begun implementing his promised tariffs against several countries, what’s more remarkable
Read the entire article: Trump’s tariff threats are proving a surprise tool against inflation
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The results suggest that feelings of gratitude “may increase longevity among older adults,” lead author Ying Chen, a research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said in a news release.
Read the entire article: Gratitude May Bring Longer Life
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The long read: Since its discovery in the 18th century, nitrous oxide has gone from vaudeville gimmick to pioneering anaesthetic to modern party drug
Read the entire article: Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world | Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) | The Guardian
If you’re looking for further evidence that the world is recovering from the disruptions of pandemic policy, the Simon Abundance Index provides just that. After a brief retreat, the index once again portrays a world of cheaper commodities that contribute to human prosperity.
Born from a famous 1980 bet between economist Julian Simon and doomsayer Paul Ehrlich, the index stands as testimony for Simon’s belief that the greatest resource is human ingenuity—although government intervention is perfectly capable of screwing up a good thing.
Read the entire article: Julian Simon Was Right: Ingenuity Leads to Abundance
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The U.S. stock market remains strong. Mega-cap technology companies have propelled index returns higher since last October, but the rally has also gained breadth recently. The S&P 500 equal-weighted index, for example, has also risen to a record high, and approximately 20% of S&P 500 stocks are trading at or near 52-week highs. That’s the highest percentage we’ve seen since May 2021.1In late February, I wrote a column about strong market returns making investors worried.
Read the entire article: Waiting for the Market to Drop Before Investing? Read This First. | Zacks Investment Management Blog
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Do you love traveling by train? Like, a lot? As in, way more than the average train traveler? If the answer is yes, yes, yes, then we’ve got a really big surprise for you. The U.S. government is selling an entire train, and you can purchase it for a rather affordable price.
As first reported by The Autopian, GovDeals, a “liquidity service marketplace” selling surplus government inventory, currently has an EMD F59 PH Locomotive listed for sale, with a starting bid of $50,000 — or about the same cost as a Tesla Model 3.
Read the entire article: You Can Buy a Train From the U.S. Government Right Now
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British Airways is putting flight and vacation packages to Europe on sale for fall and winter travel with flights starting as low as $586 round-trip.
The sale, which must be booked by 11:59 p.m. ET on Oct. 31, is available for travel through April 2024, British Airways shared with Travel + Leisure. The promotion has deals on everything from last-minute flights to vacation packages with flights, hotels, and car rentals.
Read the entire article: British Airways Just Launched a Sale on Flights From the U.S. to Europe
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COMMERCE, Okla. — Fans who could never afford a $12.6 million 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card will soon be able to buy a share of the Commerce Comet’s boyhood home for $7.Rally, a collectibles company that sells shares in wine, vintage watches, sports cars and other memorabilia, will offer up to 47,000 shares in the house for $7 each while valuing the property in Commerce, Oklahoma, at $329,000, according to a statement from the company Thursday.
Read the entire article: Shares in Mickey Mantle’s boyhood home soon on sale for $7 – ESPN
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