The Leyendecker View Blog
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» The Leyendecker View: Is a Crypto Meltdown Coming?
- October
- 08
- 2021
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» The Leyendecker View: Is the Stock Market Rigged?
- October
- 07
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: October 1, 2021
You are the breeze in desert for me. My water. And ocean. Meant to be only together tiger.
- Tweet from Elizabeth Holmes to boyfriend Sunny Balwani read at Thernos trial
His response: Ok
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Consumer confidence at 6-month low
As weekly jobless claims rise
Are we close to the bottom of Delta?
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» The Leyendecker View: Covid About to Decline
- September
- 24
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: September 24, 2021
Compete with yourself, and root for everybody else.
- Candice Millard
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Household wealth rises sharply
Along with household debt.
Homeowner’s equity keeps rising
Let’s hope it doesn’t stop.
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» The Leyendecker View: Is the Pandemic About to End?
- September
- 17
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: September 17, 2021
I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.
- Mark Twain
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Median household income fell in 2020
Yet poverty declined
How can this be?
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» The Leyendecker View: The PE Secret to Success
- September
- 10
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: September 10, 2021
You know what the happiest animal on earth is? It’s a goldfish. You know why?
Got a ten-second memory. Be a goldfish.
- Coach Lasso in Ted Lasso (video)
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Stay in your lane
Should the Fed be focused on economic inequality?
Dems consider new tax schemes
Where to find the trillions needed for more stimulus.
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» The Leyendecker View: Banking Could Go Away
- September
- 03
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: September 3, 2021
Every decade or so, dark clouds fill the economic skies, and they briefly rain gold. When downpours of that sort occur, it’s imperative that we rush outdoors carrying wash tubs, not teaspoons.
- Warren Buffet
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
August consumer confidence falls
Delta has folks feeling insecure again.
Latest jobs report way missed the mark
Household debt hits new high
Driven by mortgages.
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» The Leyendecker View: Why Bitcoin Is Doomed
- August
- 27
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: August 27, 2021
Asking for feedback creates a critic. Asking for advice creates a partner.
- Shane Parrish
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
US budget deficit narrows to $2.5 trillion
“Only” $2.5 trillion, wow!
We’re turning Japanese
US expansion slowed in August
Factories and service providers hit.
As US economic confidence dips
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» The Leyendecker View: Fed Chairman Is Deep Into Stocks
- August
- 20
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: August 20, 2021
We have to be vigilant before the machines decide what we can and cannot do.
- Film Director Pedro Almodóvar’s war against Instagram
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Food stamps get historic boost
As companies achieve record profits. Huh?
US retail sales fall in July
The uneven recovery continues.
Check out the chart
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» The Leyendecker View: Private Equity’s Black Eye
- August
- 13
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: August 13, 2021
If we worked as hard at doing difficult things as we do to avoid them, we’d become unstoppable.
- Anonymous
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Airlines see Delta variant decline
Bookings slowing, cancellations rising.
While credit card spending falls
World economic outlook turned negative
Optimism underwater for the first time.
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» The Leyendecker View: American Optimism Fades
- August
- 06
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: August 6, 2021
Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.
- Bill Belichick
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
American optimism fades
Delta has people concerned.
US trade deficit headed to $1T
Sending our money to stimulate other countries’ economies?
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» The Leyendecker View: SPACs Are So Q1
- July
- 30
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: July 30, 2021
When you focus on the past, that’s your ego. When I focus on the future, that’s my pride. I try to focus on the present. That’s humility.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo in an interview
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
Q2 GDP misses forecast, the positive view
Q2 GDP misses forecast, blame Delta
As free government money subsides, so goes GDP.
Global investors are buying American
The prettiest dog in the ugly dog contest?
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» The Leyendecker View: America, Still Land of Opportunity
- July
- 23
- 2021
The Leyendecker View: July 23, 2021
The Chinese people will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress, or enslave us. Anyone who tries to do so shall be battered and bloodied from colliding with a great wall of steel, forged by more than 1.4 billion Chinese people using flesh and blood.
- Xi Jinping, at 100 year Communist anniversary
THE ECONOMIC VIEW
US consumer sentiment dropping
Inflation and/or the end of free money?
Yet small business optimism is rising
Index highest since November.
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