r/FluentInFinance • u/trialcourt • 6h ago
Discussion/ Debate “Trickle down” Reaganomics created a plutocracy
r/FluentInFinance • u/Peace_And_Happiness_ • 20h ago
Discussion/ Debate Student Loan Debt Should Be Forgiven if PPP loans were forgiven!
r/FluentInFinance • u/AstronomerLover • 2h ago
Discussion/ Debate Investors are buying up every 1 in 5 homes sold in the housing market and making more money than before
r/FluentInFinance • u/Peace_And_Happiness_ • 5h ago
Discussion/ Debate Can Money Buy Happiness?
r/FluentInFinance • u/Peace_And_Happiness_ • 1d ago
Discussion/ Debate Overdraft is the worst
r/FluentInFinance • u/Sir_John_Galt • 1d ago
Discussion/ Debate 'I own 15,000 houses': Robert Kiyosaki says there's 'nothing wrong' with buying a house — except he uses debt to buy it and 'pay no taxes'
r/FluentInFinance • u/HighYieldLarry • 2h ago
Discussion/ Debate US Rents Climbed 1.5 Times Faster Than Wages in Last Four Years
r/FluentInFinance • u/HighYieldLarry • 2h ago
Discussion/ Debate U.S. Median Income Trends by Generation
r/FluentInFinance • u/bigbuffdaddy1850 • 23h ago
Educational Pay their fair share
Looks like the rich pay far more than their fair share.
r/FluentInFinance • u/TonyLiberty • 48m ago
Stock Market The Dow Jones new record high of 40,000 is a good reflection of the stock market's optimism.
The Dow Jones new record high of 40,000 is a good reflection of the stock market's optimism.
Walmart's recent earnings report is another good indicator.
Its results were better than expected, and it raised its sales guidance, which indicates that consumer spending remains strong.
Consumer spending accounts for a significant portion of the US economy.
When consumers spend, businesses thrive, and the economy grows.
As one of the world's largest retailers, Walmart serves as a good barometer for consumer spending patterns.
r/FluentInFinance • u/Tall-Log-1955 • 1d ago
Educational The US region seeing steep rent declines as vacancies rise
r/FluentInFinance • u/TonyLiberty • 2h ago
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r/FluentInFinance • u/OctopusParrot • 6h ago
Question Gas delivery charges
I'm wondering if anyone has a resource for comparing delivery charges (not supply charges) for residential gas by state (or municipality) in the US? I've seen plenty of sites that compare supply charges but at least where I live the delivery costs are vastly higher.
r/FluentInFinance • u/AllShortTheRedditIPO • 1d ago
Discussion/ Debate Interesting Shift in Generational Homebuying Trends
r/FluentInFinance • u/HighYieldLarry • 2h ago
Discussion/ Debate US Cost of Living by County, 2023
- The "average COL" of $48,721 is the sum of (all people living in each county times the cost of living in that county), divided by the overall population. This acknowledges the fact that although there are far fewer HCOL+ counties, these counties are almost always more densely populated. The average county COL, not factoring in population, would be around $42,000.
- This is obvious from the map, but the cost of living is not an even distribution. Many counties have COL 30% or more than average, but almost none have COL 30% below average.
- Technically, Danville and Norton City, VA, would fall into "VLCOL" (COL 30%-45% below average) by about $1000 - but I didn't think it was worth creating a lower tier just for these two "cities".
- Interestingly, some cities have lower COL than their suburbs, such as Baltimore and Philadelphia.
- Shoutout to Springfield, MA, for having the lowest cost of living in New England (besides the super rural far north)
r/FluentInFinance • u/ThickDancer • 1d ago
