Linkage: world’s most cringe-inducing finance tattoo
As someone with tattoos, all of which could be called bad by a discerning onlooker, I award the “worst tattoo of the year’ award to this Elizabeth Warren staffer:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sectors. It was created by Elizabeth Warren and has returned $12 billion to American consumers. pic.twitter.com/ueK77K8sp5
— Morgan Sperry (@MorganRSperry) June 24, 2019
In other news, we have good news from the National Association of Realtors: future home sales for May were up 1.1%.
With good build permits and pending home sales data, there’s plenty of reasons to be confident in the health of the real estate market. Good news was balanced out by a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims number, but jobless claims tell us a lot less than job openings numbers.
Check out the rest of today’s Linkage for everything you need to know today in finance and tech.
- Apple is your cell phone provider, watchmaker, bank, and now doctor(cnbc.com)
- Pending home sales up 1.1% in May(nar.realtor)
- Zillow says selling your home will put some grey hairs on your head(zillow.mediaroom.com)
- Citi is thirsty for bank branches(fortune.com)
- How to successfully do nothing(vox.com)
- Unemployment claims rose 10k from last week(dol.gov)
- Massachusetts home prices hit record highs in May(bostonglobe.com)
- Apple buys self-driving car startup(theverge.com)
- Layaway is cool again(forbes.com)
- An Elizabeth Warren staffer got a cringe-y finance nerd tattoo that you'll never unsee(desmoinesregister.com)