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This Is The Realistic 'Best Case Scenario' For Europe
Investor sentiment recently has been buoyed by signs that the European sovereign debt and banking crises appear to be under control—at least for now. That's part of the fallout of liquidity measures...
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Top Investment Gurus Sound Off On The Facebook IPO
Facebook filed its IPO yesterday and hopes to raise $5 billion when it starts selling shares. The company is said to be considering a $75 - $100 billion valuation. But not everyone is equally...
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Fun With Economic Confidence, State By State Edition
This post originally appeared at the Reformed Broker Gallup has a cool interactive toy posted that allows you to sort the states by things like hiring, firing, job creation and affinity for the band...
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US Workers Are Toiling Harder And Getting Paid Less Than Ever
Working harder - earning less. That is what today's release of productivity and labor costs showed us. With that also comes the realization that a lot more people would be reciting the classic prose...
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Here Are The Key Market Moving Events For Friday, February 3, 2012 (AON, SPG,...
Friday, much like Thursday, is jobs day in the U.S., and markets will be closely following the unemployment announcement out of the Department of Labor. Major reports out of China, Europe, and Canada...
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Morgan Stanley Just Got Even MORE Bearish On The Euro
Morgan Stanley has been consistently bearish on the euro. In it's latest FX Pulse note, Morgan Stanley's Global Currency Research team led by Hans Redeker just got even more bearish. Specifically,...
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Deleveraging Will Take Over As Everyone Runs Out Of Ammunition
"A 30-50 year virtuous cycle of credit expansion which has produced outsize paranormal returns for financial assets----bonds, stocks, real estate and commodities alike----is now deleveraging because...
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The 15 Most Dominant Retailers In The World (CVS, TGT, WAG, HD, COST, KR, WMT)
Global retail sales are expected to slow this year as China and the rest of the BRICs face tightening monetary policy and weaker demand abroad. That's the takeaway from Deloitte's annual ranking of...
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Should Taxpayers Take The Hit For American Airlines' Pension Plans?
American Airlines filed for bankruptcy in November 2011. Here is the question at hand: Will Taxpayers Be On The Hook For American Airlines' Pensions? American Airlines needs $18.5 billion to cover its...
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Crucial Facts To Keep In Mind Ahead Of Today's Big Jobs Report
Today the BLS will release the January Employment Situation Summary at 8:30 AM ET. Bloomberg is showing the consensus is for an increase of 135,000 payroll jobs in January, and for the unemployment...
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Rally Builds Amid Signs Of European And Chinese Growth
ORIGINAL (4:54 AM ET): There's some universally positive data out of Europe and China today, and early in European trading markets are fighting for narrow gains. Asian markets closed mixed, the German...
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Why People Are Getting Super-Nervous About Today's Jobs Report
The official estimate is for 140K new jobs created in January, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 8.5%. But there's definitely a lot of nervousness about a "miss." TrimTabs, for example,...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (COST, SKS, TGT, PC, CLX, EL)
Good morning. Here's what you need to know. Asian markets were little changed in overnight trading, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng up slightly less than 0.1 percent. European shares are up modestly, while...
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In Case You Hadn't Noticed, Everything Is Going Wrong In Greece Right Now
Markets haven't been paying much attention to Greece lately, as multiple sets of negotiations drag on between the Greek government, representatives of its private creditors, troika officials, and even...
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The #1 Thing We're Eager To See In This Morning's Jobs Report
Every month it seems, some different angle to the jobs report gets us interested. Today? We're pretty eager to see what's happening with public payrolls, and whether the bloodletting is showing signs...
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BERNANKE TO SAVERS: We Don't Owe You A Living
While we wait for the employment report, there was another big story yesterday --- the Fed treatment of savers. Fed Chair Bernanke testified before the House Budget Committee, responding to some...
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A Jobs Day Stat We Hadn't Heard Before
From Bloomberg's Trish Regan, an interesting streak. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:A 'Golden Cross' Is About To Appear In The...
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THE JOBS REPORT CRUSHES EXPECTATIONS AT 243K, UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 8.3%
THE JANUARY JOBS REPORT WAS A MEGA BEAT. 243K new jobs were created in January. That's well above the expectations of just 140K new jobs. And it's even more impressive, since so many people expected...
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US Futures SPIKE On Monster Jobs Report
S&P 500 futures just jumped around 11 points on the this morning's huge jobs report. Dow futures jumped 97 points. Nasdaq futures surged 22 points. Meanwhile, Treasuries are selling off. Risk on!...
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BP Says America Is Just Years Away From Energy Self-Sufficiency
[This post by Heading Out is republished with permission from The Oil Drum.] There are many unintended consequences as fuel supplies become more scarce and expensive. (With a h/t to Rune Likvern), I...
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