Earlier in December, stocks took a 3 percent dip one day because the Federal Reserve implied that two rather than four interest rate reductions would be penciled in for the upcoming year. This followed ten consecutive days of loss on the Dow, mostly through reshuffling between the Dow and Nasdaq. The Fed did reduce rates as widely expected, but the implied Fed hawkishness suggested more headwinds for the market to some, and the selloff accelerated in the afternoon. But the market rebounded in the days before Christmas and things look positive moving forward into 2025 The Federal Reserve's more hawkish strategy is based on the idea that inflation is still an issue, and there are enough positive market signs to carry the market upward, even if the reduced pace of interest rate lowering puts some damper on things. Yes, the signs are good. Indeed, market sentiment has been positive, with the deregulation implied in Trump's policies, good consumer demand, and a year with momentum g...
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It seemed seemed like a cost-saving idea, and maybe even good exercise. I'd clean out the room myself, old rugs included. Why hire someone to do something that I am perfectly capable of doing myself. Even if my DIY projects are not spectacular, clean out should not be an overly complicated process. And eventually I would get the hang of home repair, something that has not been high on my radar over the years as an attractive skill, but nonetheless crucial in an inflationary economy where services are very expensive. However, t here's nothing quite so sniffle-producing as the dust accumulation beneath a very old rug placed over an old carpet placed over an equally old carpet pad in a room scarcely used for decades. And its not just dust, or dust mites, its whatever random debris has filtered down through the site of thick Persian carpet, of varying degrees of grossness and particularized filth. It's doubtful that the rug or carpet underneath has been cleaned in 50 years, th...
