News on the Housing front continues to marginally improve. This is not yet a positive number, but it is getting less worse. Existing-home...
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This week’s Outside the box looks at some very interesting research done by two economic historians, Barry Eichengreen of the...
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Barron’s Editor Michael Santoli speaks about the slump in trading during the summer.
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Oh to be a fly on the wall over the next two days listening to the FOMC discuss the current state of the economy, their programs in place...
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The structure of the Federal Reserve is such that positions are staggered, and appointments usually come along only every so often: The...
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For you travelers whisking thru the security lines at US airports, I have some bad news: Back in line with the rest of the proles: >...
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The money tide isn’t pushing prices up: The Federal Reserve has expanded the monetary base by 114% over the past 12 months, but...
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Good Evening: U.S. stocks today suffered their broadest and deepest retreat since the March lows. That this weakness in equities was...
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In the June 29, 2009 issue of The New Yorker, Connie Bruck slashes and burns her way behind-the-scenes at Countrywide Financial. She...
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