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What Is the Fed's Real Inflation Target?

Visualizing How Consumer Expenditures Have Changed from 2015 through 2024

S&P 500 Falls and Recovers as Geopolitical Pendulum Swings

Trends in U.S. Consumer Out-of-Pocket Cost for Health Insurance

The Price History of Campbell's Tomato Soup (2026)

The Outlook for S&P 500 Dividends in January 2026

S&P 500 Sees Small Decline in Week Without Major Market Moving News

AI Starts Chipping Away at Solving Paul Erdős' Unsolved Problems

New Homes Become Affordable for Typical American Household for First Time Since March 2022

US-China Trade Almost Fully Halved from 2021 Peak

2025 Ends on Down Note for Younger Teens Employment SItuation

S&P 500 Reaches New Record High in First Trading Week of 2026

Outside the Box Thinking: The Anti-Bandit Briefcase

Visualizing Changes in American Household Consumer Spending from 1984 through 2024

Median Household Income in November 2025

Dividends by the Numbers in December 2025 and 2025-Q4

S&P 500 Sets New Record High on Christmas Eve Before Retreating to End 2025 Up 16% on the Year

Your Paycheck in 2026

The Biggest Math Story of 2025

The World Geohistogram

S&P 500 See-Saws with Mixed AI News and Inflation Data

Last Minute Xmas Gift Ideas for 2025

Employment Situation Worsens for Younger Teens

The Outlook for S&P 500 Dividends in December 2025

US-China Trade Falls as China's Global Exports Surge

S&P 500 Hits New Record High After Fed Rate Cut But Retreats on AI Earnings Scare

Inventions in Everything: The Naughty or Nice Meter

U.S. Teen Employment Rebounds in September 2025

Pace of CO2 Accumulation in Earth's Air Slows Along with China's Economy

U.S. Recession Probability Drops Below 20%

S&P 500 Investors Waiting on Fed to Deliver Expected Rate Cut

U.S. Total Nonfarm Employment in November 2025

The Mystery of m

How Big is the AI Bubble and Is It Really a Bubble?

Dividends by the Numbers in November 2025

The S&P 500 Rises with December 2025 Rate Cut Expectations

The S&P 500's Thanksgiving Leftovers

Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner Shrinks in 2025

Farm-Raised Turkeys Shrink in 2025

U.S. Turkey Population Shrinks in 2025

S&P 500 Falls as Fed Officials Get Ready for Battle Royale Over Rate Cuts

Gift Ideas for the Math Lovers You Know

US-China Trade Dipped in August 2025

The Outlook for S&P 500 Dividends in November 2025

Fall 2025 Snapshot of Expected Future S&P 500 Earnings

S&P 500 Investors Get Jitters as Fed Officials Move Rate Cut Goalposts

The Geometry Problem That Could Have Protected the French Royal Jewels

Two Years of the Rise of the "Magnificent Seven" Tech Stocks

A Sampling of Dividend Decreases in 2025

U.S. Nonfarm Employment Drops in October 2025

S&P 500 Falls as AI Tech Stocks Get Reality Checked

How Fit Are You Really?

How Have Tariffs Affected Prices?

Dividends by the Numbers in November 2025

Median Household Income in September 2025

S&P 500 Reacts to Fed's Game of Keep Away with December 2025 Rate Cut

Scary Chairs for Celebrating Halloween

Trends in New Construction Home Sales

Three Firms in S&P 500 Worth Over $4 Trillion Each

U.S. Recession Probability Falls After Fed Resumes Rate Cuts, Set to Fall Further

Lower-Than-Expected Inflation and Potential Trump-Xi Trade Deal Boost S&P 500

Median Household Income by State in 2024

September 2025 Snapshot of Who Owns the U.S. National Debt

Campbell's Tomato Soup Registers Small Price Decline

The Outlook for S&P 500 Dividends in October 2025

S&P 500 Rebounds on Favorable US-China Tariff War News

Outside the Box Thinking: The Double-Barreled Laser Flashlight

Climbing Limo GDP Forecast for 2025-Q3

The S&P 500's Chaotic Order in 2025

Fall 2025 Snapshot of the S&P 500's Market Cap

S&P 500 Drops as US-China Tariff War Reignites

AI Delivers an Unexpected Mathematical Proof

Is It Possible to Beat the S&P 500 With an Improved Version of Itself?

Alternate Consumer Price Inflation Data

Total Nonfarm Employment in the U.S. in September 2025

S&P 500 Rises to Record Highs After U.S. Government Shuts Down

Inventions in Everything: Creepy Dolls to Hold Cremated Remains

Dividends by the Numbers in September 2025 and 2025-Q3

New Home Affordability Little Changed, New Homes Remain Just Above Affordable Threshold

Median Household Income in August 2025

S&P 500 Retreats as Investors Shift Focus to 2026-Q2

How Much Metal Could You Buy with $10,000?

August 2025 New Home Sales Jump in Possible Statistical "Fluke"

Why Do Investors Buy Dividend Stocks?

CO2 Indicates China's Economy Still Slowing

S&P 500 Reaches New Height as Investors Shift Time Horizon

A Tetrahedron That Always Lands on the Same Side

Anatomy of a Bubble Stock

The Outlook for S&P 500 Dividends in September 2025

U.S. Recession Probability as Fed Finally Set to Resume Rate Cuts

Expectations of September 2025 Rate Cut Lock In as S&P 500 Reaches New Heights

Outside the Box Thinking: Galileo's Geometry of Dante's Inferno

U.S.-China Trade Rebounds on Boost from Chinese Exports of Rare Earths

Teen Jobs Rebound in Final Month of Summer 2025

New Home Prices Drop Closer to Affordability

The S&P 500 Continues Mostly Sideway Trajectory

Inventions in Everything: The Steam Man of Newark

Dividends by the Numbers in August 2025

Median Household Income in July 2025

S&P 500 Mostly Moving Sideways as August 2025 Ends

The Future of Transportation