The Age Old Question: To Buy a Home or to Rent?

September 2, 2025  |  Kylie Leverenz

Utilizing data from the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finance, the median net worth of a homeowner in 2025 was estimated to be $430,000, an increase from the median net worth of $396,200 in 2022.

Wind Turbines

August 15, 2025  |  John Kulis

BloombergNEF projects that the capacity of new solar, wind, and batteries deployed will rise to 72 gigawatts ("GW") in 2025 and peak at 85 GW in 2026. 

That Time Again: Back to College

August 14, 2025  |  Kylie Leverenz

The heatmap below outlines the undergraduate enrollment changes for public and private universities by state from the school year 2023-2024 to the school year 2024-2025. 

Beans in the Teens

August 13, 2025  |  Petr Pinkhasov

Soybeans are an important export for US-based farmers. Beans were the largest agricultural export of the United States in 2023

Our Update on OER

August 13, 2025  |  Kylie Leverenz

The year-over-year change in Consumer Price Index ("CPI") was 2.7% for July 2025, which was slightly below the expected 2.8%.

A Young (AI) Problem

August 5, 2025  |  Sam Rines

Technology changes the way people travel, interact, and engage with the world around them. That is a constant theme across history.

Personal Debt Has Trended Upward

August 5, 2025  |  Kylie Leverenz

According to LendingTree, in Q1 2025 3.49% of all personal loan accounts were 60 or more days past due. 

What to Buy? New or Existing Homes

August 4, 2025  |  Kylie Leverenz

Total New Home Sales increased in the U.S. month-over-month to 627,000 in June 2025 from 623,000 in May 2025 (on a seasonally adjusted basis). 

Crypto Ownership

August 4, 2025  |  John Kulis

There were 160 public companies and 52 private companies that held bitcoin as of 7/30/2025.