by Bellingham Bill on 24 Nov 2012 19 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org Blue is population, red is inflation-adjusted rents (2005=100, right axis)
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by Bellingham Bill on 24 Nov 2012 19 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org Blue is population, red is inflation-adjusted rents (2005=100, right axis)
by Bellingham Bill on 17 May 2014 14 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org % of wages going to health care and housing. Housing expenses fall more heavily on the young, as they haven't bought and thus haven't locked in their housing ...
What, No Petraeus Commentary?
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Nov 2012 109 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politic I thought he would be a formidable (R) candidate for 2016 and wondered WTH Obama was doing appointing him to CIA. If the admin knew about the affair ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Nov 2012 109 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.foxnews.com/politic I thought he would be a formidable (R) candidate for 2016 and wondered WTH Obama was doing appointing him to CIA. If the admin knew about the affair ...
The Mind of the 1%
by Bellingham Bill on 27 Apr 2014 81 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://deadspin.com/exclusive- Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you? You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and ...
by Bellingham Bill on 27 Apr 2014 81 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://deadspin.com/exclusive- Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you? You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and ...
by Bellingham Bill on 4 Sep 2016 53 comments, latest 8 years ago
#economics
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2012 38 comments, latest 11 years ago
The Tax Foundation's tax return summary is out now, and the data is great. For 2010, the Top 1%'s share of income ("AGI" actually) rose from 2009's 16.9% to ...
How The Rich Get Richer
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Mar 2015 22 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ap So some mom & pop retail outlet busting their asses to break even pays 15%, and the richest private sector entity on the planet pays 2%. Whatta great ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Mar 2015 22 comments, latest 9 years ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ap So some mom & pop retail outlet busting their asses to break even pays 15%, and the richest private sector entity on the planet pays 2%. Whatta great ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Aug 2012 21 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.ford.com/commercial This has an option for CNG flexfuel system! SWEET! Traditional RVs are built for 60 year old boomer couples with their foo-foo tastes, or millionaires who want to ...
I Love OS X and Hate Macs
by Bellingham Bill on 27 May 2015 17 comments, latest 9 years ago
Been running Windows 10 for a month, not as bad as 7 or 8 but OS X is still streets ahead -- not as ahead as System 7 was ...
by Bellingham Bill on 27 May 2015 17 comments, latest 9 years ago
Been running Windows 10 for a month, not as bad as 7 or 8 but OS X is still streets ahead -- not as ahead as System 7 was ...
by Bellingham Bill on 11 Aug 2015 20 comments, latest 9 years ago
"[China] continuously devalue their currency . . . they've been doing it for years, this hasn't just started" He knows not 1 person in a 1000 knows that is ...
Where else can I make an honest 5%?
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Sep 2017 31 comments, latest 7 years ago
Moved this month's IRA contribution into BAC-L when it was touching $1300 https://finance.yahoo.com/quot (it's a 7.25% yield preferred at $1000 issue price) Converts into 20 shares of common if/when ...
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Sep 2017 31 comments, latest 7 years ago
Moved this month's IRA contribution into BAC-L when it was touching $1300 https://finance.yahoo.com/quot (it's a 7.25% yield preferred at $1000 issue price) Converts into 20 shares of common if/when ...
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Dec 2012 33 comments, latest 11 years ago
I really can't think of anything the US is doing better than anywhere else, honestly. Not that anywhere else is 100% better than us in all areas, but we ...
by Bellingham Bill on 31 Mar 2014 9 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.gowinnebago.com/pro I like how there's no dedicated bed space, that's just a big waste of space and I like how the aft end is a unit bath (very Japanese ...
by Bellingham Bill on 29 Jan 2015 15 comments, latest 9 years ago
Real Home Price Index for Fresno #bubbles
My Economics Manifesto
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Jan 2014 31 comments, latest 10 years ago
Here's an email I fired off to someone today. Figured I'd repost it here for the helluvit. (Not that any of it is new to anyone here) Part of ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Jan 2014 31 comments, latest 10 years ago
Here's an email I fired off to someone today. Figured I'd repost it here for the helluvit. (Not that any of it is new to anyone here) Part of ...
Hackintosh Build Went Great
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Jun 2015 16 comments, latest 9 years ago
So I waited for WWDC to see if Apple was going to release anything interesting, but . . . nope! So I kicked off the order I had in ...
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Jun 2015 16 comments, latest 9 years ago
So I waited for WWDC to see if Apple was going to release anything interesting, but . . . nope! So I kicked off the order I had in ...
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Aug 2015 11 comments, latest 9 years ago
So I was listening to some right-winger on my local talk radio station today claim that the end of the Carter admin had double-whammy double-digit inflation and double-digit unemployment. ...
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Sep 2014 16 comments, latest 10 years ago
Here's my build with current prices: Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5GHz $589.99 EVGA 04G-P4-2982-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB $569.99 ASRock X99 Extreme3 $209.79 Crucial 16GB (4 x 4GB) ...
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Oct 2017 12 comments, latest 7 years ago
This is taking FICA taxation received less SSA benefits paid, 1984 - 2016. Annual numbers were adjusted for inflation -- but to compensate, credited interest is ignored since that ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Jan 2016 9 comments, latest 8 years ago
In other news I ordered and ten of these: and 2 cases of 20 of: from amazon.co.jp today. They don't ship any of that to the US, but there ...
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2012 13 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.kichijoji-cjs.com/d This was the first place I rented in Japan, exactly 20 years ago now, Oct '92 through Feb '93. Rent was Â¥9ä¸ (Â¥90,000), so it's actually gone own ...
St. Petersburg troll factory
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Oct 2017 6 comments, latest 7 years ago
https://meduza.io/en/news/2017
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Oct 2017 6 comments, latest 7 years ago
https://meduza.io/en/news/2017
by Bellingham Bill on 26 Jan 2015 12 comments, latest 9 years ago
Looking over the new population projection data: http://www.census.gov/populati I was shocked at what I saw: Population of age 65+ is going to double over the next 50 years. Age ...
Call it Crazy deleted this comment of yours
by Bellingham Bill on 14 Feb 2015 9 comments, latest 9 years ago
Bigsby says Reports like this just don't matter to you I take it. Why? and that is the interesting question. I can understand people on Kochs' payroll lying about ...
by Bellingham Bill on 14 Feb 2015 9 comments, latest 9 years ago
Bigsby says Reports like this just don't matter to you I take it. Why? and that is the interesting question. I can understand people on Kochs' payroll lying about ...
by Bellingham Bill on 30 Apr 2015 13 comments, latest 9 years ago
The important take-away from this is the different distribution in Japan -- lower top 10%, higher bottom 10% -- compared to the US. This results in people protecting convenience ...
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Sep 2017 7 comments, latest 7 years ago
#investing
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Mar 2016 12 comments, latest 8 years ago
Model assumptions: Purchase Price $425,000.00 Down Payment 20% Interest Rate 3.50% Points 1.23% PMI 0% Term 30 Tax Bracket 21% Base Deduction 6300 Savings Yield 4.0% Insurance 0.30% Maintenance ...
The Other Shoe Drops with "ObamaCare"
by Bellingham Bill on 16 Mar 2014 21 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oa So much for that idea . . . Guess it's off to Japan for me. At least I can get affordable health care there. #politics
by Bellingham Bill on 16 Mar 2014 21 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oa So much for that idea . . . Guess it's off to Japan for me. At least I can get affordable health care there. #politics
by Bellingham Bill on 17 May 2015 4 comments, latest 9 years ago
This is probably obvious to people who've actually read a micro econ book, but getting my usual kebab lunch yesterday and seeing the price had been raised 10% the ...
by Bellingham Bill on 6 Nov 2014 8 comments, latest 10 years ago
"In October, mid-size businesses added 122,000 jobs, small businesses, 102,000 and large companies, 5,000, ADP said." +5,000 job gain for large companies (over 500 employees). WTF? shows the age ...
Christmas Bombing, 1972
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Aug 2016 4 comments, latest 8 years ago
https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/e This is kinda cool, the formerly classified letter from Nixon to Thieu summarizing what concessions the US wrung out of the N Vietnamese after the Christmas bombings. (See ...
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Aug 2016 4 comments, latest 8 years ago
https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/e This is kinda cool, the formerly classified letter from Nixon to Thieu summarizing what concessions the US wrung out of the N Vietnamese after the Christmas bombings. (See ...
Japan Real Estate
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2012 13 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.kenbiya.com/realest $4M office building, 3 minutes from Jimbocho station, which is immediately N of the Imperial Palace: http://goo.gl/maps/tb9J6 The reason I post this is the total valuation of Tokyo ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2012 13 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.kenbiya.com/realest $4M office building, 3 minutes from Jimbocho station, which is immediately N of the Imperial Palace: http://goo.gl/maps/tb9J6 The reason I post this is the total valuation of Tokyo ...
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Jul 2017 4 comments, latest 7 years ago
On the one hand, I fully believe all private organizations (tax-exempt or no) have the absolute right to as much political speech as they care to emit. So this ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Apr 2013 14 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ This time, the architect had only a 300 sqft triangular lot to work with. This is the top (4th) floor. Google street view: http://goo.gl/maps/QwcK1 This is a pretty ...
by Bellingham Bill on 11 Oct 2015 5 comments, latest 9 years ago
So Rep Brat said on Meet the Press or whatever this morning that the nation has $19T in debt and $100T in unfunded liabilities. He being a member of ...
by Bellingham Bill on 27 Aug 2016 1 comment, latest 8 years ago
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/gr #suckmydickamerica
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