If the NFL is about anything it’s about economics. Commissioner Roger Goodell and the collective owners must be tickledgreen about the $331.5 million in equivalent brand value that Taylor Swift has meant for the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL. After all, it’s all for one and one for all for the colossus Pete Rozelle built. Rozelle negotiated a
The amount of commercial real estate loans coming due in 2024 has jumped to $929 billion according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Previously the amount had been estimated to be $659 billion, with the 40% increase “attributed to loan extensions and other delays rather than new transactions,” according to Bloomberg ’s John Gittelesohn. Of the
Bloomberg reports that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s pick for a dream date lunch would be none other than John Maynard Keynes, who Bloomie reporter Christopher Condon describes as “the founding father of modern macroeconomics.” I thought John Law held that title. This pronouncement happened during a speed round of questions in Detroit while
Oh but ain’t that America for you and me. Ain’t that America something to see baby Ain’t that America home of the free Little pinks houses for you and me. John Cougar Mellencamp Released in 1983 after double-digit price inflation from 1979-1981 Shrinkflation has President Joe Biden annoyed. He called it a “rip off” on social media ahead of the
Pattie Boyd, British fashion model and muse to two rock superstars, George Harrison and Eric Clapton, engaged Christie’s to auction love letters from Harrison and Clapton in addition to other memorabilia. As with all other assets these days, Boyd’s bounty went for boom-time prices. Chron.com r eports, “Christie’s, the world-renowned auction
Yeah, the other night I laid sleeping And I woke from a terrible dream So I caught up my pal Jack Daniel’s And his partner Jimmy Beam And we drank alone, yeah With nobody else Yeah, you know when I drink alone I prefer to be by myself ~George Thorogood I poured hundreds of “Jack and Cokes” when I tended bar from the late 70’s to mid
In a few short weeks since SEC approval Inflows into Bitcoin ETF funds had reached just over $59 billion on Good Friday, according to btcetffundflow.com . Meanwhile the unloved and disrespected GLD [gold] ETF holds $54 billion, despite its thousand year pedigree. Gold fan and crypto disser Peter Schiff debated crypto evangelist Raoul Pal on Real
Day-to-day we don’t hear much about the commercial office property crash. As The Fed’s Michael Barr said at an event hosted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in Washington, “This is the kind of thing where it’s likely to be a very slow-moving train as the financial sector and commercial real estate market move forward,” he said,
Not many teachers would admit they had taught eight or nine murderers and a number of criminals in over four decades on the job. Coach and educator Steve Finesilver makes this confession in his book Hard Knocks & Dirty Socks: Through the Eyes of Coach . The book is 80 percent indictment of the Denver Public School system (DPS) with the remaining
The folks at the Federal Reserve haven’t said whether they will continue the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) which is set to expire on March 11, 2024. Jay Powell was asked about it during the November meeting Q & A and said they’d start thinking about it in 2024. With $131 billion outstanding in loans to banks and credit unions collateralized by
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