Gilded Ages

(1) Back to the future in Newport, RI. (2) Gatsby didn’t sleep here. (3) The “cottages.” (4) Robber Barons, the 1%, and the rest of us. (5) Might inequality be a byproduct of prosperity? (6) Entrepreneurial vs. crony capitalism. (7) Upward revisions in retail sales bullish for Q2 & Q3 GDP. (8) More records for standard of living. (9) Oil and dollar weighing on revenues, but analysts say worst is over. (10) Revenue winners and losers among the S&P 500 sectors. (11) Revisions show NIPA profit margin peaked during Q1-2012. (12) Business sales & GDP and vice versa. (13) Focus on market-weight-rated S&P 500 Retail industry.