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3 Of The 4 Official Recession Indicators Are Looking Up
Note from dshort: This commentary has been revised to include today's release of Industrial Production and yesterday's Retail Sales adjusted with today's release of the Consumer Price Index.Official...
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EICHENGREEN: Keep The European Union, Scrap The Euro
Europe’s crisis has entered a quiet phase, which is no accident.The current period of relative calm coincides with the approach of Germany’s federal election in 2013, in which the incumbent chancellor,...
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Manufacturing In The US Is Making A Historic Comeback
For much of the past decade, General Electric’s storied Appliance Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, appeared less like a monument to American manufacturing prowess than a memorial to it.The very scale of...
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The Latest Economic Data Have Been Good, But They Don't Tell Us Much About...
Just after Hurricane Sandy made landfall I wrote:"While the recent impact of Hurricane Sandy is yet to be assessed this could boost economic output in the very short term by roughly 0.5% which could...
View ArticleCurrency Positioning and Technical Outlook: The Trend wants to be Your Friend...
The US dollar moved lower over the past week against the major currencies, with the notable exception of the Japanese yen. The greenback's technical tone has deteriorated. The euro and sterling...
View ArticleETF Insider: Flat Finish As Fiscal Woes Loom
Equity markets started off on a strong note as optimism surrounding the “fiscal cliff” carried major indexes higher. After enjoying a solid six day “win streak” on Wall Street, the bulls gradually made...
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The Unregulated Gold Mining Industry Is Big Business
You can call it small-scale mining or artisanal mining.You can call it the black market or just plain smuggling.But however you call it, the non-regulated mining industry is huge business – especially...
View ArticleDeal or No Deal…Confessions of a SuperValu Long
This post is about a company that has been all over the headlines lately. As I tweeted two weeks ago, I went “all-in” on SuperValue (NYSE: SVU) when the stock traded at $2.38 (my average cost is north...
View ArticleThe Latest Economic Data Is Showing Good Signs For The US Economy
November monthly data reported this past week included improving retail sales, advancing industrial production and capacity utilization (although October was revised downward), and decreases in both...
View ArticleThe laying on of scorn
Dan Crawford notes Paul Krugman's change of heart on the increasing importance of automated systems, in particular robotics: In the past discussions at Angry Bear on the impacts automation might have...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Control Your Demons
Individual investors would add more value to their own portfolios if focused on building an investment approach that mitigated emotional impulses. Until this is done, ain’t nothin’ gonna work.- Mark...
View ArticleNot A Single Forecaster in Barron's Has A Negative Forecast For The Market 2013
Barrons came out with their 2013 Outlook today and I was not surprised to see that all of the forecasts are positive. There isn’t a single forecaster who expected the S&P 500 to fall this year....
View ArticleThe song of PI
Robert Waldmann points to Song of PI:Read more posts on Angry Bear Blog »Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleSolar Manufacturing | Generating Jobs in San Antonio
San Antonio Alamo at Sunrise"Nexolon America LLC says it plans to build a manufacturing facility at Brooks City-Base that will produce solar panels and create more than 400 manufacturing jobs at an...
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Berlusconi May Have Sparked A Surprising Change In Mario Monti
Silvio Berlusconi was not exactly a welcome guest when he turned up in Brussels for the pre-summit gathering of Europe’s centre-right leaders.Some worried about being photographed next to Mr...
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The Economy's Going To Crash If Bernanke Keeps Driving With Two Feet
I am cautiously enthusiastic about the Fed's recent policy evolution.Enthusiastic, because it represents a significant move toward better management of expectations, which is a critical policy tool in...
View ArticleThe Fed Has No Way Out Of Its 'Roach Motel' Monetary Policy
By: Peter Schiff Friday, December 14, 2012By upping the ante once again in its gamble to revive the lethargic economy through monetary action, the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee is now...
View ArticleGreece Is On The Brink Of Civil War
“I’m wondering how much this society can endure before it explodes,” said Georg Pieper, a German psychotherapist who specializes in treating post-traumatic stress disorders following catastrophes,...
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Japan Voted, And It Looks Like Conservatives Are Returning To Power
Voters in Japan went to the polls Sunday in an election likely to return conservatives to power at a time of growing tension with China and as the nation seeks to arrest economic decline.Media surveys...
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MCDONALD'S: American Mothers Want Healthier Food, But They Don't Want The...
MCDONALD'S GOLDEN ARCHES may have marched into 119 countries, but the quintessentially American company still resides in a quintessentially American suburb. At its headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois,...
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