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After 5 mo’s of gains, builder sentiment unch
After rising for 5 straight months, the NAHB home builder sentiment index was flat in March at 28 vs an expected rise to 30. It still is...
European weakness offsetting Apple optimism
With respect to the S&P futures this morning, optimism ahead of the likely dividend announcement by Apple is being offset by...
Predicting Market Tops vs Observing Conditions
Lately, I have been hearing a lot of market top/crash calls. These have been going on pretty much the entire rally off of the lows...
World Wide Obesity Epidemic
The REAL Cause of the Global Obesity Epidemic Some 68% of all Americans are overweight, and obesity has almost doubled in the last couple...
All of 2011 Earthquakes WORLDWIDE (animated map)
This map shows 9323 earthquakes equal to or greater than 4.5 magnitude that occurred during 2011 on a global map in sequence from Jan. 1...
US Stock Market Update
US Stock Market Update March 18, 2012 David R. Kotok ~~~ 1404 is a new recovery high on the S&P 500 Index. The last time we saw that...
Uh-Oh: Economist Cover “Can it be…the recovery?”
We have many rules of thumb for Contrary Indicators. When it comes to magazine covers, we look for a mainstream (not business) outlet...
10 Weekend Reads
Some longer weekend reads: • Goldman Op-Ed Writer Got $150 for Unsolicited Critique (Bloomberg) see also Making Sure Your Exit Music Is...