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The Economic Data Looks Weak, But It's Stable
Written by Lance Roberts on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. It never fails that when I am traveling it will be a day that there are major events occurring within the financial markets. Today was one of those...
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15 Last-Minute Gifts Every Investor Would Love
Chances are you've done all of your Christmas shopping already.But if you're still looking for something, we've got 15 great options for you.From desktop essentials and wall art to trading tools and a...
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How Infamous Short-Seller Carson Block Can Take On The Singaporean Government...
Carson Block's newest short, Singapore-based commodity firm Olam, is near and dear to the Singaporean government's heart.Temasek, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, just upped its stake in the company...
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American Vehicle Miles Driven Haven't Been This Low Since The 1990's
The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data through October. Travel on all roads and streets changed by 0.3% (0.9 billion...
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To Understand The US Economy Next Year, You Need To Recognize The Significant...
Yesterday we wrote about the significance of the Durable Goods Orders number, and how the fact that businesses were re-accelerating their purchases of investment equipment was a strong sign that...
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The 'Uncertainty' Myth Died On Friday
A quick euo logy is in order for the 'Uncertainty' myth, the notion pushed by business leaders that's what's holding back the economy is a lack of stable policy in Washington. And that if Washington...
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The Most Comprehensive Account Of How Fiscal Cliff Talks Crumbled This Week
The Wall Street Journal's Patrick O'Connor and Peter Nicholas are out today with a detailed breakdown of how negotiations to avert the year-end fiscal cliff broke down this week.The Journal's account...
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GERALD CELENTE: The Financial Collapse Of 2013 Will Be Worse Than The Great...
Forget the Mayan Apocalypse.Gerald Celente, the popular trends forecaster of Trends Research, cites the work of a former Treasury official and warns that the bonds are in a massive bubble that will...
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Just When The Economy Was Finally Recovering... Washington Is Coming Along...
US consumer confidence took a hit in December, as the madness emanating from Washington is taking its toll.Reuters: - U.S. consumer sentiment slumped in December as Americans were rattled by on-going...
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Mario Monti Leaves Open Possibility Of Running Again
At a big press conference, outgoing Italian PM Mario Monti strongly suggested that he isn't going to run for PM again.Instead he said he would publish ideas that he hoped another party would...
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Goldman's Jim O'Neill Predicted 11 Surprises For 2012 — Here's How They Did
A year ago, Goldman's Jim O'Neill predicted 11 surprises for 2012."One thing for sure we can say about 2012 is that there will be no shortage of things to think about," he wrote. "In some ways, for the...
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Japan's Incoming Prime Minister Makes A Clear Threat To Strip The Bank Of...
The yen has been getting shellacked lately thanks to the ascendancy of Shinzo Abe, the forthcoming PM who has pledged to make the Bank of Japan pursue a 2% inflation target.Japan, of course, has been...
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The Economic Data Came Roaring Back This Week
November monthly data reported this past week included the highest number of housing permits in 4 years, and a very good report on new home sales as well. Durable goods also showed a solid increase....
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The Last Time A Republican Ever Voted To Raise Taxes [VIDEO]
Technically, the GOP and Obama can get a Fiscal Cliff deal without the Republicans agreeing to raise taxes.As Grover Norquist signaled last week, when he gave approval for Republicans to accept...
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600 VCs And CEOs Made These Predictions For 2013
Dow Jones and the National Venture Capital Association surveyed 600 venture capitalists and CEOs, and came up with these eight predictions:Enterprise and healthcare startups will see more investment,...
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Hedge Fund Investors Have Another Horrible Year -- They'd Be Much Better Off...
Hedge funds have had another lousy year, to cap a disappointing decadeWHEN it comes to brainboxes, the name "Nobel" has a certain ring. But news that the Nobel Foundation plans to increase its...
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A Freaky Clip From 1990 Shows How Nothing Ever Changes In Washington Budget...
You must watch this clip from 1990, where Senators debate a "balanced" budget package designed to reduce the deficit.You have Sen. Alan Simpson talking about how there are no real cuts to Medicare, but...
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The Three Things That Every Man, Woman, And Child Needs To Know About The...
Bill McBride at Calculated Risk packs more Fiscal Cliff knowledge into one paragraph than almost every other Fiscal Cliff explainer we've seen.A few obvious points on the "fiscal cliff": 1) It is about...
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David Rosenberg Made A Chart Notorious In 2012, But He Left It Out Of His...
In his August 27 Breakfast With Dave note, Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg scared everyone with a chart plotting the year-over-year trend in 3-month moving core capital expenditure orders. This...
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JIM CHANOS: Investors Need To Be Careful Of Companies That Fall Right Off A...
Jim Chanos has been a golden boy of the short-selling game since his Baldwin Piano call in 1983. So when he started dishing to Barron's about his observations about the value investing game over the...
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