Saturday, August 16, 2014

Weekly Indicators for August 11 - 15 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicators piece is  up at XE.com . With increased geopolitical and international economic concerns,...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Industrial production and nonfarm payrolls: As Good as It Gets, Millennium edition

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  - by New Deal democrat The index of industrial production has grown at nearly a 5% rate in the past year (blue in the graph below), whi...
Thursday, August 14, 2014

US consumers have been slowly tightening their pursestrings

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  - by New Deal democrat I have a new post  up at XE.com , discussing the state of the American consumer in view of yesterday's flat ...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Weekly Indicators for August 4 - 8 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat My Weekly Indicator column for this week is  up at XE.com .  Here we are in the dog days of summer, and the numb...
Friday, August 8, 2014

International Week in Review: The ECB Blows It Edition

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/international-week-review-ecb-blows-it-edition

A better measure of labor utilization

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  - by New Deal democrat Every month there seems to be a debate about the strength, or lack thereof, of the recovery in jobs since the de...

Don't Expect a Rate Cut In Australia Anytime Soon

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/dont-expect-rate-reduction-reserve-bank-australia
Thursday, August 7, 2014

DEATHMATCH! Hurricane vs. volcanoes

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  - by New Deal democrat As many of you probably recall, I frequently check the  webcams at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii .  Usually the summ...

The apartment boom of 2014: more building, low vacancies, higher rents

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  -by New Deal democrat I have a new post up at XE.com  taking a detailed look at the apartment boom, which is the only part of the housi...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

The REAL "real unemployment rate" for July 2014

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 - by New Deal democrat This is a slow week for data.  That being said, there is some worthwhile updated information on labor utilization...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Has the Russell 2000 ETF Formed a Double Top?

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Weekly Indicators for July 28 - August 1 at XE.com

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  - by New Deal democrat This week's installment is  up at XE.com .  The news remains positive, but less so in comparison with recent...
Friday, August 1, 2014

July 2014 jobs report: excellent job creation, poor wage and participation omens

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- by New Deal democrat HEADLINES : 205,000 jobs added to the economy U3 unemployment rate rose from 6.1% to 6.2% Wages and participa...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

Russell Index Down For the Month

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Japanese Industrial Production Is Sending Concerning Signals

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This is over at XE.com http://community.xe.com/blog/xe-market-analysis/japanese-industrial-production-sending-concerning-signals
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

2nd quarter GDP: good report, more later UPDATED

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  - by New Deal democrat Obviously, at +4.0% annualized, this was a good report (but if you have been reading the Weekly Indicators, you ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Will Housing Market Weakness Keep the Fed on the Sidelines Longer?

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This is up over at XE.com.

CLFD: When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies

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To completely date myself, I have an old copy of Graham and Dodd's Securities Analysis in my bookshelf.  This is the Fifth edition which...
Monday, July 28, 2014

The housing market halfway through 2014: a comprehensive report

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 -  by New Deal democrat Wtih this morning's report on pending home sales, housing data from the first half of 2014 is in the books....

Dollar Tree Buying Family Dollar

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On June 12th, I explained the reasoning behind Icahn's buying a 9.4% stake in Family Dollar.   Today, Dollar Tree has agreed to by Famil...