Durable Goods data was just released, and it warn’t none too purty: +0.1%. That’s far below the expected 2% consensus. The...
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The Retail Sales post-mortem has begun, and it is as we expected: the weakest holiday spending season in five years. Total sales gains...
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While we won’t get the full data for a few days, some early numbers are beginning to come in. The most chartable thing I can say...
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Most people usually have a good reason for doing what it is that they do. Whenever I am asked why I blog or push back against headlines,...
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Cool map of the globe, with countries’ sizes depicted relative to their Oil Reserves: Courtesy of Energy Bulletin ~~~ I don’t...
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Much of investing relates to mathematics and the application of statistics. Markets are statistical data generating machines, and that...
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The initial read on Retail sales was pretty good: The Commerce Department said Retail sales increased by 1.2% over October 2006 2007, and...
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"The worst part of the credit crunch" is already reflected in the data, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the NAR . . ....
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source: BLS > BLS data has hit the tape, and its a bit of a yawner. As I write this, Dow and S&P are marginally in the...
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A quick comment before dashing off — lots of good stuff queued up today, so get ready. I no longer bother with the Over/Under bet...
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