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Have You Heard Of The 'Mini-Sequester'? It's Just Another Way That Washington...
In addition to the upcoming sequestration and May's debt limit negotiation, there is another fiscal crisis coming up that — unlike the sequestration and debt limit — could actually force a government...
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MAP: Where Property Taxes Are Huge Compared To Property Values
John Nelson and the wizards at IDV Solutions have created a series of maps plotting economic data (via AGS) by Census county level.Here's one we found particularly interesting: the ratio of property...
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A Gap Is Emerging That Shows Why The Bond Market Could Get Crushed
One of the most striking illustrations we've seen so far of the recent rally in stocks and risky assets comes courtesy of Deutsche Bank rates strategists Francis Yared and Dominic Konstam.Lately,...
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In Earnings Call, Marissa Mayer Dives Deep On Her Yahoo Turnaround Plan (YHOO)
Yahoo reported its fourth-quarter earnings Monday and they beat expectations for earnings and revenues.Beyond the GAAP figures, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer also laid out a more precise explanation for how...
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Analyst Warns Vietnamese Citizens To 'Get Out Of Gold Before It's Too Late'
Viet Capital macro analyst Phong Nguyen has a stark warning for Vietnamese investors today: "We believe it’s time to get out of gold before it’s too late."The reason?Vietnam's domestic price of gold...
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The Mysterious Titans Of Shipping Reveal The Truth About The Global Economy
Approximately 95 percent of world trade occurs by sea. However, little is known about the world's shippers because only a fraction are traded publicly.In her new book Dynasties Of The Sea, CNBC's Lori...
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Optimists Are Ignoring Two Key Points About The US Housing Recovery (ITB, XHB)
Everyone has been celebrating the recent increase in U.S. home prices. But in the latest RPX monthly housing market report, Quinn Eddins, Director of Research at RadarLogic writes that it is too early...
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Asian Markets Are Up
Asian markets have opened modestly higher, after the S&P 500 ended its 8-day winning streak.The Nikkei is modestly higher. Remember it has been up after Shinzo Abe came to power on promises of more...
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CHART: 20 Years Of Apple Vs. ExxonMobil
Thanks to Apple's recent tumble, its market value is now neck and neck with oil giant ExxonMobil once again.John Stoltzfus of Oppenheimer threw together this chart tracking 20 years of Apple versus...
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Markets Are Going Nowhere
Markets are going nowhere.Europe is pretty much flat everywhere.US futures are lower by a hair.Yesterday, the S&P 500 broke an 8-day winning streak.Markets gained modestly in both China and...
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The 20 Fastest-Growing Countries In The World
This month, the World Bank cut its 2013 global growth forecast to 2.4 percent (from 3.0 percent), its 2014 forecast to 3.1 percent (from 3.3 percent), and it introduced its 2015 forecast calling for...
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The 10 Dow Stocks That Do The Best In The Final Week Of January
At Seasonal Odds we analyzed the average historical performance of each of the Dow Jones components in the last week of January over the last 5 years.These 10 stocks all returned over 1% on average in...
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The World's Biggest Mining Companies Have Been Taking Some Massive Losses Due...
LONDON (Reuters) - Anglo American Plcwill take a $4 billion writedown on its Minas Rio iron ore operation in Brazil after delays and cost overruns forced the mining group to increase expenditure on the...
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Morgan Stanley: A Pattern That's Held For Two Decades Shows Why Investors Are...
Morgan Stanley analyst Gerard Minack is always an intriguing read: In his latest note he talks about output gaps and fiscal policy, and argues that fiscal policy has been particularly robust during...
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Today We Get The Most Closely-Watched Housing Number In The World
It's Case-Shiller day!Case-Shiller is the house price index that's considered to be the most thorough measure.The number comes out at 9.Calculated Risk has the preview:• At 9:00 AM ET,...
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CITI: Here's Why The World's Rich Countries Will Always Win A Currency War
The basic concept of "currency wars" is that countries are all trying to weaken their currencies to boost exports. "Wars" is an overly dramatic word to use, but countries to complain about other...
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Markets Have Taken A Turn South
Things were flat earlier, but markets are now going into a rouge state.US futures are down. Europe is read across the board.Leading the losers is Italy, which is down 0.57%.Here's Italy's FTSE MIB...
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Bank Of America Reveals The Winners In The New 'Great Rotation'
From Bank of America's Michael Hartnett -- who has been really bullish on this idea of a "great rotation" happening right now in asset classes -- a fantastic slide comparing the winners of the past...
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Ford Smashes Revenue Expectations
UPDATE: Ford's Q4 2012 earnings release is out.Click here to refresh for LIVE updates >The auto maker reported earnings of $0.31 per share versus expectations of $0.25.That is the highest pre-tax...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Good morning. Here's what you need to know.Asian markets were mostly higher in overnight trading. The Japanese Nikkei rose 0.4 percent and the Shanghai Composite rose 0.5 percent, officially entering a...
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