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Sources From SAC Capital And Galleon Reveal How The Mind Of An Inside Trader...
You’re a trader at the world’s most competitive hedge-fund trading shop.You feel like you want to puke each morning because the pressure to perform — to outperform!— is intense.Even when you are on top...
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2013 Is Just Around the CornerMany changes in the business and financial sectors are expected in 2013. Let Guild Investment Management help you find the right investments to reach your investment...
View ArticleWeek in FX Europe – EUR unfazed by Greek Debt and Budget Failure
The EUR defied all odds this week. With very high profile meetings of European leaders reaching no conclusions and EU manufacturing near 2009 lows it was hard to expect the EUR would be in the...
View ArticleCliff Diving – Day 10
What fiscal cliff?The markets seem to have ignored it – the S&P500 has ramped over 65 points from last Friday’s low, albeit on very low volume. Furthermore, Dan Clifton over at Strategas...
View ArticleWeek in FX Americas – US Holiday gives EUR Opportunity to Advance
The United States released economic data that its starting to validate the expectations of an economic recovery. Jobless claims were lower after the spike seen after superstorm Sandy. Housing starts...
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My Prescription For Future Durable Economic Growth
Turkey With DaveDear Readers,We were inundated with feedback (mostly positive) on three pieces we published in the past couple of BWDs. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we decided to share them with...
View ArticleMarginal Rates and Economic Growth: They Go Up Together
With Republicans frantically clinging to discredited ideology and digging in their heels on raising top marginal tax rates, I thought it would be worth revisiting a post from a couple of years ago,...
View ArticleCatalonia’s High Stakes Election
http://www.euronews.com/ It is the final day of campaigning in the regional assembly elections in Catalonia, a campaign that has become increasingly acrimonious and personal.The stakes could not be...
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Bernanke's Problem Is That He Can't Make A Realistic Economic Forecast
This past Tuesday all eyes were on Bernanke as he gave his speech at the Economic Club in New York. Initially the markets sold off as no mention of further easing programs were mentioned but rebounded...
View ArticleHousing wealth effect, Baker, Goldfarb and Waldmann
by Robert Waldmann Everything is possible and I think that Dean Baker just lost a debate with a Washington Post reporter. Post reporter Zachary A. Goldfarb wroteThe two economists compared what...
View ArticleFX Technical Outlook: Yen and Dollar Weakness Set to Continue
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, the Commitment of Traders report of positioning in the currency futures market has been delayed. We will review that separately when the data is available...
View ArticleKarl Rove on the so-called "fiscal cliff"
by Linda BealeKarl Rove on the so-called "fiscal cliff" In a video interview available from Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal, "Karl Rove Doubts a Fiscal Cliff Deal Will Get Done" (Nov. 20, 2012), Karl...
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China's Leading Indicators Continue To Improve
With the recent improvement in China’s PMI and now leading indicators, the worries over the Chinese economy might be a bit exacerbated (via Nomura):· Our China leading index picked up further in...
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Paying Retail Workers A Little More Could Help Spur Our Economic Recovery
As Americans across the country head out en masse to malls and shopping centers to kickoff the holiday spending season today, it's important to remember that too many of the retail workers bringing us...
View ArticleGold And Silver | Weekly Recap for November 19-23
The prices of gold and silver changed direction again and traded up during most of the week. The week was short on account of Thanksgiving. There were, however, some reports that these parities may...
View ArticleBill McBride, Krugman, and Business Insider
Congratulations Bill.Joe Weisanthal at Business Insider offers some hyperbole in The Genius Who Invented Economics Blogging Reveals How He Got Everything Right And What's Coming Next, but also offers...
View ArticleWhat The Latest High-Frequency Economic Data Says About The Economy
The limited October data released this past week was mainly housing and it was positive, including existing home sales and housing starts. Permits declined slightly from their 4 year high the month...
View ArticleRIP Larry Hagman: "Dallas" Oilman J.R. Ewing Had A Passion For Solar Energy
"Larry Hagman may have played television’s most famous evil oil baron, J.R. Ewing, but in real life the “Dallas” actor was a fierce proponent of solar energy. The actor had already installed the...
View ArticleLarry Hagman - Real Life Trumps Fiction
"Larry Hagman may have played television’s most famous evil oil baron, J.R. Ewing, but in real life the “Dallas” actor was a fierce proponent of solar energy.The actor had already installed the world’s...
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SELF’s Whole Village Development Model takes an integrated approach to community empowerment using a mix of solar energy solutions to improve the lives of people who don’t have access to electricity....
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