The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...for Stocks
November hasn't been living up to its reputation as one of the best months for U.S. stocks. Equity investors have been fed a cornucopia of negative news that has been difficult to digest, including the...
View ArticleSolar Innovation in Arizona
Concentrating Solar Power Technology with Storage The technology generates power from sunlight by focusing energy from a field of sun-tracking mirrors called heliostats onto a central receiver. Liquid...
View ArticleThe Road to 7 Billion Secessionists
Revolt is in the air, Fellow Reckoner! You can smell the gunpowder…taste the whiskey…feel the virtual ink blotting dot.gov petition forms. That a movement is underway, there can be no doubt. But to...
View ArticleThe World's Most Epic Economic Booms And Busts Since 1980
WHAT will be the fastest growing economy in 2012? The answer is perhaps surprising: Libya. It is projected to grow by an extraordinary 122% this year, according to the IMF, as oil production recovers...
View ArticleCliff Diving – Day 8
Watching paint dry! Boring market.Equities moved a little higher on the back of the Israeli/Hamas cease-fire announcement. It’s easy to get ground up trying to trade such a directionless market. No...
View ArticleIt's No Wonder People Don't Understand the "Public" Debt
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook:I started to explain it, but realized that the standard usage is wildly screwy and confusing for any normal human, and decided to explain it here instead.The...
View ArticleHSBC/Markit Flash China manufacturing PMI shows first expansion in a year in...
HSBC/Markit China manufacturing PMI posts its first above-50 reading for the first time in more than a year, flash estimate shows.Flash PMI rose to 50.4 in November from 49.5 in October, indicating...
View ArticleChina Flash Manufacturing PMI at 50.4, Thirteen-month High
Markit reported this morning China’s manufacturing sector is expanding, just barely, for the first time in 13 months. Ironically, all markets believe it x/ the Shanghai Composite, which made a new...
View ArticleThanksgiving Lecture: Daniel Kahneman
This is a great lecture presented by Google Talks. Grab a turkey sandwich and have a listen. It may help in understanding your biases and destructive tendencies in trading.Daniel Kahneman, recipient...
View ArticlePeople’s Bank of China injects RMB89 billion of liquidity in open market...
People’s Bank of China offers RMB89 billion of liquidity through open market operation today.Today’s open market operation includes RMB46 billion of 7-day reverse repo at 3.35% and RMB43 billion of...
View ArticleRAIL TRAFFIC: Still No Recession
Rail traffic continues to be a bright spot in the US economy though growth has definitely slowed some in recent months. This week’s traffic trends showed a rise in intermodal traffic at a 2.4% year...
View ArticleA Key Leading Indicator For Commercial Real Estate Hits Its Highest Level In...
Note: This index is a leading indicator primarily for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. From AIA: Architecture Billings Index Positive for Third Straight MonthBillings at architecture firms...
View ArticleCHARTS: The Great Decline Of American Driving
The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data through September. Travel on all roads and streets changed by -1.5% (-3.6...
View ArticleAustrian Parliament Hears 80% of Austrian Gold Bullion Reserves In London
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,729.75, EUR 1,344.23, and GBP 1,084.35 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,726.75, EUR 1,350.71, and GBP 1,085.05 per ounce.Silver is trading at $33.38/oz, €26.00/oz and...
View ArticleWhat Going Over The Fiscal Cliff Would Mean For Emerging Markets
Now that the U.S. presidential election is over and President Barack Obama has been re-elected to serve a second four-year term, we’re able to do what we always do after a major election or regime...
View ArticleThe Land of the Rising Sun Goes Solar
"According to a new report from the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association, domestic shipments of solar cells and modules have risen by 80% in the July-September quarter of this year. This is on the...
View ArticleThe $3 Million House in Vancouver…
“I had a property for sale in West Vancouver,” said the elegant woman, who emigrated from India to Canada in the 1970s and went into the real estate business. “The owners wanted $3 million,” she said....
View ArticleGreat Graphic: Deficit Reduction American Style
This Great Graphic that shows that deficit reduction in the US over the past three years is largest in more than 60 years. I found it at the Investor's Business Daily, which of course, is not known...
View ArticleHave a good Thanksgiving from the Bears
Have a good Thanksgiving from the Bears.Read more posts on Angry Bear Blog »Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
View Article7 ETF Innovations To Be Thankful For
Innovation has become standard in the ETF industry over the past several years, as a wide range of issuers have launched new and exciting products and pushed the envelope in their efforts to deliver a...
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