1) Some young people with outstanding student debts are moving abroad where cost of living is much lower and debt collectors have little to no powers. One former student has moved to a concrete house in India and now lives on $50 a month, while hoping to never again set foot in a Walmart. The strategy of abandoning America to avoid student loans is spreading via social media and the internet.
2) The crypto-currency Bitcoin nears $9,000 dollars as it breaks it highest level this year, but is still a long way from its 2017 high of $19,000 dollars. Other crypto-currencies are also up sharply , and with the renewed interest in the past few weeks, their prices are up over 140% this year. Other companies, including Facebook, are reportedly coming out with new crypto-currencies to offer consumers.
3) Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, the 2020 party nomination for president, is proposing a plan to raise $2 trillion dollars by taxing Wall Street trading. The senator has introduced a bill that would tax trading of stocks, bonds and derivatives to raise between $776 billion and $2.4 trillion dollars over the next ten years. He would use this money to pay for his Medicare for all and free public college, which is the centerpiece for his presidential bid.
4) 27 MAY 19 Stock market closings:
Dow 25,585.69 up 95.22
Nasdaq 7,637.01 up 8.73
S&P 500 2,826.06 up 3.82
10 Year Yield: up at 2.32%
Oil: up at $59.24