Housing Markets, Electric Cars, Investing, and Sunscreens

Monday morning news drop

  • Rogers outage shows need for Plan B when wireless, internet services fail, analysts say Rogers network outage a ‘wake-up call’ after business, essential services disrupted (CBC)

  • The Shrinking of the Middle-Class Neighborhood Americans are increasingly living in areas that are either much richer or much poorer than the regional norm. (New York Times)

  • What’s Up With the Crazy Housing Market? Rising mortgage rates. Faltering home sales. Skyrocketing rents. Here’s how to make sense of a baffling real estate market. (New York Times)

  • The Electric Car Market is About to Get Crazy (and Confusing) Bloomberg Green’s Electric Car Ratings will help you make sense of the chaotic market and find the most climate-friendly EV. (Bloomberg)

  • Bond ETFs Attract New Investors With Narrower Offerings The specialization allows investors to find lucrative sectors despite rising rates. But there are risks. (Wall Street Journal)

  • Chaos is a Ladder Everyone hates rules and regulations until it’s too late. The fantastyland idea of software protocols and algorithms and communities policing themselves flies in the face of 500 years of financial market history. Digital money is still money and people are insane. That doesn’t change, no matter what kind of investment we’re talking about. Financial markets were born in a time where you could not safely drink water so everyone drank alcohol all day long, out of cups made of lead. This is Europe in the 1500’s. We were crazy then and we are crazy now. (Reformed Broker)

  • Why You Should Quit Your Job After 10 Years Labor experts say a radical career shift every decade or two can be good for both workers and employers. (Businessweek)

  • You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World: Newer, better UV-blocking agents have been in use in other countries for years. Why can’t we have them here? (The Atlantic)

  • ‘London Bridge is down’: the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death She is venerated around the world. She has outlasted 12 US presidents. She stands for stability and order. But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign will ever end. That’s why the palace has a plan. (The Guardian)

  • The Women Who Wanted to Fly New corners of the military were as misogynistic as the world of fighter pilots. This is the story of the women Navy officers who overcame that culture to fly the formidable F-14. (Vox)

  • Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink? Alcohol brands are thinking outside the bottle to fuel and gratify a new drinking culture (Bloomberg)