Apple spent $91B buying its own stock. Research got $35B.
Built from: filings/csv/AAPL-PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
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One number sets what your mortgage costs. The 10-year yield: 4.8%
Built from: US Treasury 10-year yield
Costco barely profits on what it sells. The card is the business.
Built from: Company filings and published holdings
Inflation cooled to 3.3%. Your bill still went up.
Built from: BLS consumer price index
Your eggs cost $6. Now $2. No law did that.
Built from: BLS average price, eggs
The Fed's rate is 3.6%. Your credit card charges about 21%.
Built from: Federal Reserve credit-card rate
Your gas price goes up like a rocket and down like a feather. Oil just jumped 9% in a week.
Built from: EIA crude oil spot price, EIA retail gasoline price
Your S&P 500 fund is not 500 even bets: half of it is 23 companies.
Built from: Company filings and published holdings
The US 'lost' $88.6 billion in July 2026. A trade deficit is a receipt, not a scoreboard.
Built from: BEA trade balance
Unemployment is 4.1%. The number skips people who gave up looking.
Built from: BLS unemployment rate