China's Labor Shortage Isn't Just About An Aging Population
China's rapidly evolving economy is causing a structural increase in labor demand. And this coincides with the country's labor shortage problems, which many attribute to China's one-child policy and...
View ArticleOkay, It's Time For Some Actual Facts About Our Economic Recovery
With only a week to go before the election, the "rooting" and spinning from both sides has hit such a fever pitch that facts have become irrelevant. But for those who actually care about the economy,...
View ArticleJPMORGAN'S TOM LEE: Close Election Races Are Great For Stocks
As the presidential election race has tightened in the United States, the debate over which candidate would be better for stocks has risen to a fever pitch among analysts and investors. JPMorgan's Tom...
View ArticleHedge Funds Are Dumping This Market — Here's What People Are Saying Are The...
Despite the strong jobs report, the market is lower. Hedge funds appear to be dumping hard — as Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus notes, there's heavy selling among the "most shorted stocks." So why the...
View Article20 Ways Central Banks Move The Markets
Central banking is at a historic crossroads. All of the developed world's biggest central banks continue to pursue loose monetary policy in a long-running bid to stimulate economies still struggling to...
View ArticleShares Of Apple Are Sliding To New Session Lows
Apple stock is making new session lows right now. The stock is off 1.5%. Bloomberg reported late this morning that there was a trading error at Rochdale involving unauthorized trades in Apple,...
View ArticleGold Tanked!
Markets are moving in the wake of this morning's bullish jobs report. One of the big losers today is gold. Traders may be betting that the improving labor market reduces the odds of more Fed-driven...
View ArticleROSENBERG: Today's Jobs Report Had A Deflationary Feel To It
On the face of it this morning's job report looked great. The economy added 171,000 new jobs, last month's numbers were revised up and even the uptick in the unemployment rate ticked higher but the...
View ArticleLook How Much Money The Marathon Brings To NYC
The simplest reason for allowing Sunday's New York City Marathon to proceed is that it brings in a lot of money. The race is worth $340 million each year, according to a 2010 study commissioned from...
View ArticleMarkets Are Tumbling, Dow Off 120
Markets are in the red after spiking on a bullish October jobs report. Click here for updates > According to the BLS, the US companies added 171k nonfarm payrolls in October, which was much higher...
View ArticleApple Is Getting Whacked Some More — Dow Off Over 100
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View ArticleHere's One Reason Why The First Year Of President Romney's Term Will Be Great...
The first year of President Romney's term (or Obama's next term) will be advantaged by one big trend. The great public-sector bloodletting is just about done. Here's a chart of the year-over-year...
View ArticleDOW PLUMMETS 139 AFTER GOOD JOBS REPORT: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA,...
The last jobs report before the election was pretty good. But stocks sold off anyway. First the scoreboard: Dow: 13,093, -139.4, -1.0 percentS&P 500: 1,414, -13.3, -0.9 percentNASDAQ: 2,982,...
View ArticlePOLL: Who Will Be Better For The US Dollar: Romney Or Obama?
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View ArticlePOLL: Who Will Be Better For The US Dollar: Romney Or Obama? - CLONE
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View ArticleWAPO/ABC POLL: MITT ROMNEY SURGES BACK INTO LEAD
Republican nominee Mitt Romney flew back into the lead in the Washington Post/ABC News tracking poll Friday. He now leads President Barack Obama 49-48, a flip from Thursday's 49-48 Obama lead. This...
View ArticleObama Has Ordered The Military To Send 24 Million Gallons Of Fuel To...
The Obama administration accelerated its response to the fuel problem in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy Friday, and has authorized the Pentagon to deliver 24 million gallons of extra fuel to...
View ArticleJim Cramer: Obama Is Going To Obliterate Romney In A Historic Landslide
The Washington Postasked a bunch of pundits/gurus/big-names for their electoral predictions.There's a big list of folks, and almost all see Obama winning.Among the names on the list. Jim Cramer, who...
View ArticleOne Of The Most Respected Polls In Ohio Shows Obama Barely Hanging Onto A Lead
We're pretty much at the end of this great, long, glorious polling season.Many polls that are done regularly are now getting in their final numbers.The Columbus-Dispatch poll is widely respected, and...
View ArticleDEAR TRADERS: The 'Biggest Political Risk' In The World Is Looking More And...
In a note out this past week, Citi's FX team called a disputed election the 'biggest political risk' in the world.They wrote:We view most of the recent price action in G10 FX (with the possible...
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