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EUROPEAN MARKETS JUST GOT CRUSHED
European markets took a big hit today, obliterating any hope generated by yesterday's rally. Contagion is back, baby! FTSE 100: -1.12%CAC 40: -2.53%DAX: -2.37%FTSE MIB: -3.31%IBEX 35: -3.52% Italy and...
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The Biggest Question In The Markets Right Now Will Be Answered In Early May
Moody's just announced that it would make decisions on the ratings of European banks starting in early May. Investors have been speculating fears over Moody's slashing banks' ratings is behind the...
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CITI: Big Changes Are Coming To The Women's Underwear Market (LTD, CHS, HBI,...
Major women's underwear brands like Hanes and Maidenform have been losing market share to private labels over the last four years, according to a new report by Citi analysts Susan Anderson and Kate...
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This Lady Killed A Black Swan This Week
Forget Ben Bernanke and Mario Draghi, writes Jefferies economist David Zervos in a note this morning. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen just killed the most important black swan right now,...
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Finance Wizard Burton Malkiel Defends The Efficient Market Hypothesis
Burton Malkiel, author of the finance classic A Random Walk Down Wall Street, was on CNBC this morning with Steve Liesman. Malkiel is one of the minds behind the efficient market hypothesis (EMH),...
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BERNANKE: Lessons From The Financial Crisis
Bernanke is giving a speech entitled "Reflections on the Crisis and the Policy Response" at Russell Sage Foundation and The Century Foundation Conference on "Rethinking Finance." You can watch him live...
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ROUBINI: Europe's Austerity Strategy Is Just A Recession Strategy
For a little while, it looked like Europe's had turned around. Greece avoided its technical default, a new fiscal compact was agreed on, and the eurozone firewall increased. But the market's respite...
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Bond Kings Gundlach, Gross And Fuss Agree On One Thing
QE3. Bill Gross, Jeffrey Gundlach, and Dan Fuss, who collectively manage around $1.5 trillion, all agree that QE3 will eventually happen, according to a report from Bloomberg. “Should the stock market...
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Berkshire Exec: The Housing Market Is 'Starting To Show A Pulse'
According to a report from Bloomberg, a Berkshire Hathaway executive, Ron Peltier, thinks that home sales will rebound due to foreclosed homes being liquidated. “The banks still have very large numbers...
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23 Stock Markets That Put The US To Shame
Below is an updated snapshot of 2012 equity market returns for 78 countries around the world. Of the 78 countries shown, 64 are in positive territory for the year, while 14 are in the red. The...
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EXPLAINER: Everything You Need To Know About Google's Weird Stock Split...
Yesterday, in the second paragraph of the press release announcing its Q1 2012 earnings, Google said its board had unanimously approved "a stock dividend proposal." But as the company explained in a...
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How Long Will Apple Shareholders Have To Endure This Humiliating...
Investors have felt tormented over the past few days as Apple shares have fallen nearly six percent from a record high set on April 9. Although that's not a terrible decline, what's weird is that Apple...
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MARKETS TANK, BANKS FALL, EUROPE GETS CRUSHED: Here's What You Need To Know...
Well, that's one way to end a week. First the scoreboard: Dow: 12,849.5, -136.9, -1.0%S&P 500: 1,370.2, -17.3, -1.2%NASDAQ: 3,011.3, -44.2, -1.4% And now the top stories: China, the world's golden...
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JEREMY SIEGEL: There's One Big Threat That Could Still Derail This Rally
Stock markets have been extremely volatile this past week with concerns about Europe, China and domestic gas prices. But Wharton Professor and perma-bull Jeremy Siegel who said there's a 70 percent...
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TREASURY: Here's Proof That The Bailouts Were Awesome
The U.S. Treasury Department has just released this presentation called "The Financial Crisis Response: In Charts." It's designed to show how successful the bailouts have been for the economy, and how...
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Wall Street Wants To Bring Diamonds To The ETF Market
The SEC is currently reviewing a proposal for the first ever exchange-traded fund backed by diamonds, according to a Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times report. IndexIQ is the backing company, which...
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A Defense Of The Bailouts In One Big Chart
From The Treasury's big slideshow on the bailout. Please follow Clusterstock on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:TREASURY: Here's Proof That The Bailouts Were...
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The Japanification Of The Entire World
From Richard Koo's latest slidedeck, a look at the Japanification of the entire world. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »See Also:AWESOME: Brand...
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THE WEAKNESS BEGINS
With the release of producer and consumer inflation figures yesterday and today, it is safe to say that the period of maximum weakness forecast by the downturn in the long leading indicators over a...
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Only 3 Countries Have Become More Likely To Default This Year
In our prior post we highlighted year to date country stock market returns. Below we highlight the change in sovereign debt default risk for 50 countries. For each country, we show where its 5-year...
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