Via Bloomberg, here are the final closing data for December 31st 2009: Dow 18% S&P500 23.5% Nasdaq Comp 44% Last year’s big...
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A delightful sentiment From a reader: As the year closes, I gratefully pause to wish you a warm and happy Holiday Season. Please accept...
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One of the memes I’ve heard recently in the climate debate is that there is no scientific consensus — that there is actually...
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Visuwords is is a visualization tool based upon Princeton University’s WordNet. The online graphical database — part dictionary,...
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We won’t get the final numbers til after the close today, but here is what they look like going into the final session: • Nasdaq...
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Seems appropriate: “I’m starting to get the sense that 2009 wants to finish me off before it dies of old age. A calendrical...
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Interesting commentary in the UK on QE: “The truth is, though, that we have been living in an economic La La Land, induced by...
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Economics Nobel laureate and Columbia University professor Joseph E. Stiglitz has what very well be the best year end piece I have seen...
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Here are the highlights of the year’s news stories, depicted visually: Click for large graphic Source: OP-CHART: Picturing the Past...
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