For years conventional wisdom held that millennials would become the generation that largely spurned homeownership. Instead, since 2019, when they surpassed the baby boomers to become the largest living adult generation in the U.S., they reached a milestone, accounting for more than half of all home-purchase loan applications. The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2021
Americans throw away 25% more trash during the Thanksgiving to New Year’s holiday period than any other time of year. The extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage. If every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet. The 2.65 billion Christmas cards sold each year in the U.S. could fill a football field 10 stories high. Stanford University
The average NFL team sends more clothes to the laundry in one week than the average family does in two years. An average team can clean more than 5,500 pounds a week, compared to the average household which does 41.5 pounds. Consumer Reports, April 26, 2012
The sales of canned meat, Spam, hit a record high for the seventh year in a row. CNBC, December 9, 2021
On Monday of last week, 90% of the total bitcoin supply of 21 million has been mined. Yahoo! December 14, 2021
Founded in 1976, it took Apple 44 years to reach the $1 trillion level for the first time. Two years later, in August of 2020, the stock hit $2 trillion. And now just 15 months later, the stock is zeroing in on $3 trillion. Barron’s, December 10, 2021
“In trading, you have to be defensive and aggressive at the same time. If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make any money, and if you are not defensive, you are not going to keep it.” Ray Dalio
