Dec confidence falls but consumers spent anyway
Dec Consumer Confidence at 52.5 was below estimates of 56.3 and down from 54.3 in Nov. Both the Present Situation and Future Expectation...
Oct S&P/CS hpi falls to 6 month low
The Oct 20 city S&P/CS home price index fell 1% vs expectations of a fall of .6%. The y/o/y fall was .8% vs the forecast of a drop...
Kass: Here Are My 15 Surprises To Watch For In 2011
Doug Kass is a leading markets commentator, and writes daily for RealMoney Silver. > “Never make predictions, especially about...
The Ambiguity of Stock Value
Global Macro Monitor produces informed opinion about markets and the global economy. This was originally published on December 27, 2010....
Chinese stocks lower again
Responding for a 2nd day to its Christmas day interest rate hike, the Shanghai index fell for the 9th day in the past 10, lower by 1.7%...
Retail Sales Increase Most in 5 years
Leading into the holiday period, the data — and by data, I refer to actual sales numbers, and not surveys, gut feelings or...
Monday Reads
Here are the latest additions to my Instapaper: • Heads Up Play With David Einhorn (Dealbreaker) • What we have here is one of the...
Media Focus: Irrational Fears, the Sensational
The media likes to create lists, and around this time of year, we will see lots and lots of them. Biggest news stories, the years best...