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Odds of falling home prices in 392 housing markets

Historically speaking, home prices rarely decline on a year-over-year basis. Unless economics forces sellers’ hands, they usually won’t pull back. Of course, we’ve recently seen the U.S. housing market slip into one of those rare periods where national home prices…

‘Died suddenly’ surges in tweets about COVID vaccines

Results from 6-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine. A prolific Twitter account posted Anastasia’s name and smiling dance portrait in a…

How did JPMorgan fall for fintech startup Frank?

In March of 2021, an investor in student loan startup Frank read a glowing article about the young company, founded by then 28-year-old Charlie Javice as a way to help students navigate the byzantine world of student loans. Javice, during…