@RyanDezember

Reporter @WSJ. Author, Underwater https://xitter.cf/t.co/yPtmMS6w60

 New York
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Joined June 2011
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The American dream is for rent. A preview of my book Underwater, out Tuesday, about how Wall Street moved into the world's largest asset class and bastion of middle-class wealth: U.S. single-family homes. wsj.com/articles/b-wayne-hug… @WSJ

B. Wayne Hughes Built a Self-Storage Empire. Now He Wants to Rent You a McMansion.

Americans are giving suburban home rentals a new look as they search for affordable space during an economic downturn. A billionaire who made his fortune from storage facilities anticipated this...

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Jeff Horwitz@JeffHorwitz30 May 2024
Well, more @wsj layoffs today. Dow Jones stock is up, margins are up, there’s a new windfall AI deal in place and we’re cutting good reporters.
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Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Goes on Offense, Boosts Natural Gas Bet by $100 Million wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-m… via @wsj

Jerry Jones Boosts Natural Gas Bet by $100 Million

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones beefed up his investment in natural-gas producer Comstock Resources, paying about $100.5 million for another 12.5 million shares in the Frisco, Texas firm. T

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Oh fudge! Prices for cocoa have surged past a record set nearly 50 years ago, costing chocolatiers, big food companies and aficionados alike on.wsj.com/3VhMMlq on.wsj.com/3VhMMlq

Your Sweet Tooth Is Getting Expensive

Prices for cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate, have surged to records, costing chocolate makers, bakers and aficionados alike. 

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An unusually warm winter and roaring U.S. output have pushed natural-gas prices to some of the lowest levels of the shale era, prompting producers to dial back on.wsj.com/49qifGx on.wsj.com/49qifGx

Natural Gas Hasn’t Been This Cheap in Decades

The lowest inflation-adjusted prices in at least 34 years have drillers throttling down from record production.

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Americans last year bought the fewest homes in more than a quarter century. Blackstone, the world's largest property investor, is starting out this year with a deal to buy more than 35,000 rental houses. wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-m… via @wsj

Blackstone Is Moving Back Into Rental Homes With Tricon Deal

Shares of America's biggest suburban landlords are up today after Blackstone said it would pay $3.5 billion for Tricon Residential, which owns about 38,000 U.S. rental homes. Blackstone's return to

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Alex Martin@AlexMartinWSJ13 Dec 2023
Want to understand the economy? Think inside the box.o
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What cardboard prices tell us about the state of the economy on.wsj.com/48ckKLt on.wsj.com/48ckKLt

What Cardboard Prices Tell Us About the State of the Economy

Cardboard producers are boosting prices for the first time since early 2022.

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Ray A. Smith@rayalexsmith4 Dec 2023
Today marks 250 days that our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich has spent in a Russian prison, unjustly detained. We call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan
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A wrong-way bet on the price of wood pellets has jeopardized America’s biggest exporter of the fuel wsj.com/finance/commodities-… via @WSJ

The Trade That Backfired for America’s Biggest Wood-Pellet Exporter

Enviva made a wager to buy pellets from a customer and resell them, but then prices fell.

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WSJ Podcasts@WSJPodcasts9 Nov 2023
Listen 🎧: The AI boom uses a lot of energy. That has more companies turning to alternatives. @bellelin_ has more. Plus, from electric vehicles to the solar build out, demand for really big trees is rising. @RyanDezember explains. @annmariefertoli hosts. on.wsj.com/3o375VH
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Eliot Brown@eliotwb26 Oct 2023
Happy 32nd birthday to @evangershkovich Evan, a WSJ reporter and friend, has been an unjust prisoner in Russia for 211 days I miss you #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan
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Bourree Lam@bourreelam29 Sep 2023
Our @WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained by Russia for 6 months and falsely accused of espionage. Journalism is not a crime. Our whole newsroom will continue to fight for his release #IStandWithEvan
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Folks! I'm in the hosting chair for the p.m. edition of @WSJPodcasts What's News today. @greg_ip talks Fed interest rates, @AndrewRestuccia chats govt shutdown risk and @RyanDezember explains why big landlords are struggling to buy property. Listen: link.chtbl.com/WSJWhatsNews
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It's not just you. America’s Biggest Landlords Can’t Find Houses to Buy Either wsj.com/real-estate/americas… via @WSJ

America’s Biggest Landlords Can’t Find Houses to Buy Either

Higher rates and few properties for sale have slowed Wall Street’s home buying.

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Self-storage customers are often willing over time to pay far more than the value of what they are storing. Investors are betting billions that the inertia continues. on.wsj.com/3QKHdtN

Is There a Limit to Americans’ Self-Storage Addiction? Billions of Dollars Say Nope

As a pandemic-inspired boom ends, entrepreneurs and giant corporations alike are counting on customers to keep accumulating more stuff than they can squeeze into their homes.

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Emma Tucker@emmatuckerWSJ7 Jul 2023
Today we mark an unhappy date. It has been 100 days since our reporter was put behind bars in Russia for doing his job #istandwithevan EVAN GERSHKOVICH 100 DAYS DETAINED wsj.com/articles/latest-upda…

EVAN GERSHKOVICH 100 DAYS DETAINED

Evan was detained while on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg. He has been held in Moscow’s infamous Lefortovo Prison on an espionage charge that the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny....

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Investment firm Pretium Partners is paying more than $1.5 billion for thousands of homes, a move that could signal investors’ re-entry to the housing market wsj.com/articles/pretium-to-… via @WSJ
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WSJ Markets
@WSJmarkets28 May 2023
Shares of the biggest waste-management players have traded at record highs since President Biden signed a climate bill in August on.wsj.com/3C2p0yY
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Thank you, Boston Globe. #IStandwithEvan
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@BostonGlobe17 May 2023
The Boston Globe stands with Evan Gershkovich. Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan
Boston Globe journalists gather in the newsroom and pose for a photo in support of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being unjustly jailed by the Russian government.

ALT Boston Globe journalists gather in the newsroom and pose for a photo in support of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being unjustly jailed by the Russian government.

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I think you’re going to want to read this one! wsj.com/articles/bob-lee-sta…

Before His Killing, Tech Executive Bob Lee Led an Underground Life of Sex and Drugs

After the tech executive died in a stabbing, some were quick to blame San Francisco’s street violence. The truth was more shocking.

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