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iShares has over 160 in the us; we have over $900 billion in assets. agg and the universal dont have that; this one does. the ishares commentary in this “post” reflects the personal opinions, viewpoints, and analyses of the Ritholtz Wealth Management employees.the Madness of Crowds has been my go-to reminder over the past year. the S&P500 is earning about twice what it was in 2016. prices moved lower in many markets from 2023 to 2025.if you want to stay in California, check condos in Oakland, youre just not looking enough. a home in the u.s. is on the peak – 29,032 feet high.the bond market shrugged all this off today. they were just a joke with an inflation problem and a collapsing currency. the most Splendid housing bubbles in America: price drops & gains in 33 big expensive cities, may 2026.a new rule requires states to share voter information related to mail-in and absentee voting.reply says the balance sheet looks like a balance sheet. he says the fed is going to malfunction in time, and it will become more apparent how deep the poo really is when they seriously start considering cutting Social Security payments to retired people. the outrage will be epic, and oh, it will be a slam for the feds failure to do so.a consensus is emerging around the importance of centering people and evidence to achieve tangible results in the fight against climate change. the aim is to establish committed coalitions of affected communities, champion governments, regional organizations, the United Nations system, financial institutions, and experts.a Layer-3 liquidity and execution layer sits above major blockchains rather than competing with them. it focuses on preparing for a multi-chain future that already exists and continues to evolve regardless of current price levels.housing markets recorded year-over-year price declines in March. the spread between the strongest and weakest markets highlights how localized this housing cycle has become.private equity can play a role—thinking through the next five, ten years.a big trend related to that is the blurring of the lines, or convergence, between the secondary market and the primary market of private equity. if you cant get your money back after seven or eight years, you find someone to buy those interests from you—thats a secondary market.the OECD has a measure called Actual Individual Consumption : Source: OCDE AIC. it is an average, not a median, but consumption is far less skewed by the super-rich than income itself. super- rich people tend to save most of their money instead of consuming it.you can measure GDP by industrial output instead of by expenditure. youve talked about the H1-B here before, so youthe more superintelligent and fully autonomous AI becomes, the more it will become a slacker. a new post, we discuss this phenomenon and share some especially crafty instances weve seen.the gap basically collapsed after the Second Industrial Revolution: Source.sally kohn says they believe that all of the moral value and weight lies with them and their friends. the lawmaker is asking a different question from the exchange, mixer, wallet, and token-market fights.economics is a game of he said, she said where everyone contradicts each other. a gang of intellectuals claim that economics can be solved. the antimonopoly faction appears to have succeeded in winning enormous power and prestige.the consumer welfare standard should absolutely remain the legal baseline.health care spending and spending in other developed countries. most of this excess spending comes from providers — from hospitals, pharma companies, doctors, nurses, tech suppliers. the real people taking away your lifes savings and putting you at risk of medical bankruptcy get to play Mother Theresa.xrp just beat ethereum, solana and others in 90-day rwa flows as traders pile back into the token.