Political Calculations

There's an entire cottage industry that has sprung up for Americans thinking about how long should they wait to start taking Social Security's retirement benefits.

The total value of goods exchanged between the U.S. and China recorded by the U.S.

The long-term downward trend for working teens continued in August 2026.

The final week of summer saw the S&P 500 (Index: SPX) close out the week at 7,718.60, slightly up over the preceding week's close and one percent below its 13 August 2026 record high.

We first wrote about Hauser's Law in 2009.

The median price of new homes sold in the United States paid by their buyers is declining.

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) rebounded back above its mean trend in August 2026 after briefly breaking below it.

Motio Research's initial estimate of U.S. median household income for July 2026 is $87,810, a $300 (or 0.34%) decrease from the firm's initial estimate of $88,110 for June 2026.

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) closed the trading week ending Friday, 28 August 2026 at 7,711.76, up 0.4% from where it closed out the preceding week.

A long time ago, before studio executives sucked all the remaining lifeforce out of it, fans of Star Wars eagerly anticipated the release of a new movie in the series.

August 2026 was a good month overall for the Thanksgiving Leftover Stocks of 2025.

Political Calculations' initial estimate of the total value of new home sales in the United States during July 2026 is $28.41 billion.

We recently discussed how advances in technology are contributing to boosting the productivity of mathematicians during the last thirty years.

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) dropped almost 1.4% from its previous week's close to wrap up the trading week ending on Friday, 21 August 2026 at 7,678.76.

It may not seem like it, but the millennia-old academic discipline of mathematics has been undergoing a productivity revolution during the last thirty years.

When we launched the S&P 500's Thanksgiving Leftover project the day after Thanksgiving 2025, we knew we were going to spend the next year following the stock prices of companies that weren't doing very well.

Something new is coming to the world of sports: real futures trading.

The dividend outlook of the S&P 500 (Index: SPX) once again delivered a mixed outlook for investors in August 2026.

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) reached a new record high close of 7,798.99 on Thursday, 13 August 2026 before falling back on Friday to end the trading week at 7,785.76.

Knots hold a special place in the hearts of sailors and mathematicians.

Measuring economic activity using astronomical and other scientific tools is a relatively recent development that has come into its own during the 21st century.

As expected, the value of goods exchanged between the U.S. and China increased in June 2026.

Depending on how old they are, U.S. teens are having a very different summer job experience in Summer 2026.

The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) shot up by nearly 3.6% over it's closing value in the previous week, reaching a new record high closing value of 7,757.46 by the end of the trading week ending on Friday, 7 August 2026.

Some inventions are so old that we don't know the names of their inventors.