Warning: the post below is likely to make you feel ancient. Like, fossil ancient. Read on at your own risk of burying hopes to stay a kid forever. Let this be a farewell to our inner Kevin McCallisters, since the last time we were home alone was two kids, a mortgage, and an infinite amount of Zoom meetings ago.
And my fellow millennials, things like burning CDs and MTV’s Pimp My Ride were things we proudly grew up with. But these days, Gen Zs clearly don’t know what floppy disks are for, or what hanging up the phone actually refers to… damn, everyone, are we really closer to boomers than we’d ever like to be?
Skinny jeans are out and mom jeans are in
CEO of Leviâs addresses trends
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and last updated 2021-04-12 09:55:32-04
Bye-bye skinny jeans, hello âmom jeans.â
The world might finally be entering into the early stages of a new denim cycle. One where tight-fitting pants are suddenly out of style, and instead shoppers young and old are flocking to loose-hanging, wide-leg and flared jeans, according to the CEO of Leviâs. It harkens back to a fashion trend that was especially prolific in the 1990s.
âThis is not the first time weâve seen this resonating with consumers,â
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Gen Z will earn a third less on stock and bond investments than past generations, Credit Suisse found.
They can expect average annualized returns of just 2%, according to the bank s investment returns yearbook.
Another obstacle for Gen Z: they ve been the most unemployed during the pandemic.
Gen Z is walking a rocky road to getting rich.
They re set to earn less than previous generations on stocks and bonds, according to Credit Suisse s global investment returns yearbook.
In fact, the generation can expect average annual real returns of just 2% on their investment portfolios a third less than the 5%-plus real returns that millennials, Gen X, and baby boomers have seen. Credit Suisse s analysis took in average investment returns since 1900 and forecasted them going forward for Gen Z.
Florida officials scramble to prevent catastrophic flood of contaminated water from reservoir
Paulina Firozi and Brittany Shammas, The Washington Post
April 4, 2021
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This aerial photo taken from an airplane shows a reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine, Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Bradenton, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters. The pond where the leak was discovered is at the old Piney Point phosphate mine, sitting in a stack of phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer that is radioactive. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP)Tiffany Tompkins/Associated Press