==== monthly market commentary ====
  * for the previous month
    * https://get.ycharts.com/resources/blog/monthly-market-wrap/ - latest month
  * for months before the previous month
    * https://get.ycharts.com/resources/blog/monthly-market-wrap-march-2024/
    * https://get.ycharts.com/resources/blog/monthly-market-wrap-april-2024/
    * https://get.ycharts.com/resources/blog/monthly-market-wrap-may-2024/

==== calendars ====
  * https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/calendar
    * +1 - Their calendar covers speeches from important people like President Biden etc.,
    * On Wed 2023-05-17, the market went up from 4123 (prev day close) to 4169 (today's close). The jump is attributed to "President Biden Speech on Debt Ceiling". This calendar showed that event.
      * https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-051723/card/stocks-climb-after-biden-speaks-on-debt-ceiling-0AVkvEjgloggFe93B8ns - Stocks Climb After Biden Speaks on Debt Ceiling

==== mortgage rates ====
  * [[https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/30-year-mortgage-rate | United States 30-Year Mortgage Rate]] (tradingeconomics.com)

==== How much money is sitting in money market funds? ====
tags | aum history of money market funds

  * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MMMFFAQ027S shows the level of total financial assets in in money market funds over time. 
    * For example, asof Q3 2023, \$6.1 trillion is in money market funds.
    * Data is updated quarterly.

==== github projects I came across ====
  * https://github.com/maread99/market_prices - market_prices
    * Is this better than yfinance?
    * How is it different from yfinance?
  * https://github.com/gerrymanoim/exchange_calendars - exchange_calendars
    * {asof | 2024-07-14} Fork of https://github.com/quantopian/trading_calendars, which is no longer maintained.
    * referenced in https://github.com/maread99/market_prices
  * https://github.com/rsheftel/pandas_market_calendars - trading_calendars
    * Was mentioned in https://github.com/quantopian/trading_calendars

==== consumer spending ====
  * "Consumer spending" is same as "personal consumption expenditures (PCE)"
  * I found three data sources for this:
    * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCEC96 - Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCEC96)
      * real = inflation-adjusted
      * published monthly
    * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)
      * published monthly
    * https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/consumer-spending
      * published every quarter
      * Is there a way to recon this with BLS or FRED data?
      * data is not matching with either https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCEC96 or https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCE
  * Is consumer spending same as consumer discretionary spending? What is the difference?

  * https://maps.semcog.org/EconomicDashboard/chart/bc_per_cons.html
    * Tells that https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCEC96 is what we should look at.
    * Consumer spending is broken into three categories
      * durable goods
        * have an average useful life of at least 3 years (e.g. motor vehicles)
      * nondurable goods
        * have an average useful life of less than 3 years (e.g. food)
      * services
        * commodities that cannot be stored or inventoried and are consumed at the time of purchase (e.g., dining out)

See also:
  * https://maps.semcog.org/EconomicDashboard/ -> chart on the bottom left

==== stock research ====
  * https://www.nasdaq.com/publishers/zacks
    * See for example: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/heres-why-you-should-retain-western-union-stock-now

==== earnings call transcripts ====
  * costco Q4 2024 Earnings Call transcript
    * The earnings call was on 9/26/2024.
    * The transcript was available at https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2024/09/26/costco-wholesale-cost-q4-2024-earnings-call-transc/ asof 9/27 . This webpage does not require a login.
    * Other websites I came across but require a login. I did not test them.
      * https://capedge.com/transcript/by/companyId/909832 - contains links to historical earnings call transcirpts
      * https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/COST/transcripts/2536195