BUYERS’ MARKET. The typical home sold in July spent a median 43 days on the market — 8 days longer than a year earlier. That’s the longest time on the market for houses sold in July since 2015. All four regions in which homes sold in July were on the market the longest were in Florida.- Redfin

COLLEGE EDUCATED JOB STRUGGLES. In the NY Fed’s tri-annual Labor Market Survey, the percentage of college-educated workers that received a job offer in the last four months fell from 21.4% two years ago to just 13.9% in July. Over the same period, the percentage of non-college educated workers that received an offer rose from 18.4% to 20.1%- NY Fed

TIP ANXIETY. 54% of diners now feel pressured by preset tipping screens, up 7 percentage points from a year ago. 44% of consumers say they have cut back on tipping at restaurants, and 29% would prefer to completely eliminate tipping screens.

BIG BREADTH FOR SMALL STOCKS.On Friday, 8/22, 96% of the stocks in the small-cap Russell 2000® finished higher on the day — a 99th percentile daily breadth reading for the index dating back to 2010. Six months after similar 99th percentile breadth readings, the index averaged a gain of 13.1% with gains 100% of the time. (Source: Bespoke)

IT’S ALL TECH. Of the 11 sectors in the S&P 500, technology is the only one that outperformed the index’s 36% gain in the six months following the 4/8 low. While technology gained 62.2%, four sectors gained less than 20%: energy (+18.4%), real estate (+13.3%), health care (+9.7%), and consumer staples (+3.3%). (Source: Bespoke)

EGG PRICES DOWN 80%+.After topping $8/dozen in February following bird flu outbreaks, wholesale large USDA egg prices have fallen 82% to just over $1.50/dozen. The US currently has about 290 million table-laying hens, compared to 340 million in January 2020. US consumers purchase nearly 100 billion eggs annually. (Source: USDA)

ON THE BRINK OF RECESSION. Moody’s Analytics estimates that 22 states are currently experiencing recessionary conditions, and another 13 are “treading water.” California and New York are two states teetering on the edge, and if either falls into a recession, Moody’s estimates that the US economy will, too.(Source: MarketWatch)

NOT BOTHERED BY THE SHUTDOWN. 65% of Americans say that the government shutdown has had no impact on their timelines to make a major purchase, such as a home or car. Of those impacted, 17% have delayed major purchase plans and another 7% have canceled plans altogether. (Source; Redfin)

DId You know...1 in 7 people age 35–65 will be disabled for 5+ years.

DId You know...48% of all home foreclosures are the result of disability, while only 3% result from death.

All the world’s bacteria stacked on top of each other would stretch for 10 billion light-years. Together, Earth's 0.001mm-long microbes could wrap around the Milky Way over 20,000 times.

Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent. A study in 2018 found that wearing a necktie can reduce the blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 per cent, which can make you feel dizzy, nauseous and cause headaches. They can also increase the pressure in your eyes if on too tight and are great at carrying germs.

Scotland has an extensive vocabulary for snow, with the Historical Thesaurus of Scots documenting over 400 words for it.

Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender before he became President. Abraham Lincoln was the only President who was a licensed bartender. Lincoln’s liquor license was discovered in 1930 and displayed in a Springfield liquor store.

Deepest part of the ocean is around 35,900 feet

Buffalo written eight times is a grammatically correct sentence, that sounds crazy but it actually means something. Buffalo buffalo (bison from New York) Buffalo buffalo buffalo (that confuse bison from New York) buffalo Buffalo buffalo (confuse Bison from New York).

Lemons float in water but limes sink.

The real name for a hashtag is an Octothorpe.

The Largest denomination of US legal tender. The largest note ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was the $100,000 Gold Certificate, Series 1934.

The band Queens’ lead singer Freddie Mercury was born with 4 extra teeth in his upper jaw.

85-90% of US dollars in circulation have traces of cocaine.