When nearly a third of Americans can no longer afford to eat at McDonald's, something's not right.

My latest video column for Bloomberg Opinion.

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The difference between the haves and have-nots used to be🛩️ private jets or 🏠 housing.

Now, it’s McDonald’s burgers 🍔

Let money columnist Nir Kaissar do the math for you ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=MYA1iH…

The US economy is booming by all traditional measures. So why are so many Americans unhappy? 💰

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What explains the disconnect between how the US economy is performing and how people feel about it?

My latest video column for Bloomberg Opinion.

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If you had invested $10,000 in the #Magnificent7 in 2015, it’d now be worth more than $185,000. Kicking yourself for not buying shares of #Google , #Amazon , and any others? Don’t.
✨Nir Kaissar explains why in the latest episode for Do the Math Bloomberg Opinion

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Investors have made a fortune on the Magnificent Seven. Almost all of that return came from freakishly high earnings growth. Don't count on it continuing.

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My latest video column for Bloomberg Opinion. New one coming tomorrow!

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Trailer for the newest season of my video columns. Via the great Mary Newman and the amazing video team Bloomberg Opinion. New episodes coming soon!

When 2023 started, a lot of smart people were very confident that a recession was coming.

Many of those same people are now predicting a recession in 2024. See the problem?

🎥 Nir Kaissar looks at what went wrong

Harvard does what it wants because it has $53B.

A fortune built on tax breaks.

A fortune that makes it as much money as Nike, Netflix or BlackRock.

Why should taxpayers continue to subsidize Harvard?

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My homage to the great one Bloomberg Opinion.

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Elon Musk's lawsuit against Media Matters won't answer the big question.

Which is whether free expression is compatible with making money.

The advertisers fleeing X seem to be saying that it’s not.

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Can Elon Musk afford to be a free speech absolutist? Nir Kaissar answers that question in our latest video for Bloomberg Opinion

Go check it out 👀
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Elite universities have huge endowments that make them billions of dollars a year.

People are rightfully outraged when hugely profitable companies pay few or no taxes.

Why should rich universities be any different?

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A look at why investors might be better off today than ever before.

⬇️Falling costs

👨‍💻Tech development & innovation

🚀Progress (ETFs, new strategies and asset classes, direct/custom indexing)
h/t Corey Hoffstein 🏴‍☠️ Wes Gray 🇺🇸 Ehren Stanhope Andrew Beer & others

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Are US lawmakers profiting off of war? Watch our latest video with Nir Kaissar to learn the surprising reason he supports a ban on Congressional trading ...

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While war rages around the world, some members of Congress are trading defense stocks.

It's long past time to ban Congressional stock trading, but not for the reason you might think.

My latest video column for Bloomberg Opinion.

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.Nir Kaissar looks at these five things before worrying about the federal deficit's effect on the economy trib.al/826O4VB

I have also just realized that this is all emerging, or coalescing, in the year that is the 150th anniversary of Bagehot's Lombard Street - the work that defined central bank interventions in money markets. That's kind of fitting >>

If markets play the traditional role of banks, expect more market bailouts in the future. Interesting stuff here from Paul Davies.
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