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U.S. Economic Calendar Alert! (October 31st-November 4th): This Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports, Fed Speakers, and Statements.

Good morning r/superstonk! Please check back as this post will be updated as these indicators are released. If you would like to review last week's calendar, it can be viewed here. Thanks and I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL start to the week! MONDAY, OCT. 31 Time(

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Inflation Alert! Interest payments in the third quarter up 13.59% ($88.125 billion) from last quarter and 24% ($143.667 billion) from this time last year.

Interest costs and the national debt could be even higher if interest rates continue their upward trajectory and outperform CBO's economic forecast. They planned for this, right?!?!?! CBO estimated CPI inflation will total 4.7 percent in CY 2022, 2.7 percent in 2023, and 2.3 percent

“People keep talking about a Lehman moment, I keep thinking, you’re finally going to be able to get a bank merger. And whoever gets Credit Suisse is going to do quite well if you cordon off those losses because boy, that is some great franchise.”

“People keep talking about a Lehman moment, I keep thinking, you’re finally going to be able to get a bank merger. And whoever gets Credit Suisse is going to do quite well if you cordon off those losses because boy, that is some great franchise.” -Jim Cramer 10/3/

FINRA October 2022 disciplinary report: 'between August 2017 and May 2019, Morgan Stanley reported approximately 9.6 million transactions in National Market System (NMS) securities without a required short sale indicator.' Discipline? $250,000 fine.

Good morning r/Superstonk, I hope everyone's day is off to a great start. FINRA released its Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions reported for October 2022. If you find this 'discipline' to be 'light', please consider dropping by https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/

The Consumer Confidence Index decreased in October. "Consumers’ expectations regarding the short-term outlook remained dismal."

The Consumer Confidence Index decreased in October. "Consumers’ expectations regarding the short-term outlook remained dismal. The Expectations Index is still lingering below a reading of 80—a level associated with recession—suggesting recession risks appear to be rising.” Source US Consumer Confidence Declined in October - Index Pulls Back

SEC Alert! Commissioner Hester M. Peirce on Proposed rule 206(4)-11: I cannot support repackaging existing fiduciary obligations into a new set of prescriptions for investment advisers.

Source Thank you Chair Gensler. Investment advisers are fiduciaries to their clients, so why are we giving them step-by-step instructions on how to do their jobs? If we think Congress got it wrong—that investment advisers cannot, absent regulatory handholding, serve their clients faithfully—then we should tell Congress. The