Another week in the meat grinder, as the markets pulled a Round trip. Starting soft Monday, selling off Tuesday, rallying Wednesday and...
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via Birinyi Associates, comes this great pictograph of the past month’s performance. Major Equity Indices July 2006 Returnsclick...
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This is a classic: Now if only I could remember where I pulled it from . . . UPDATE August 9, 2006 5:05pm Here’s another version of...
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If its Saturday nite, then its time for an Open Thread. The questions before you: Is a pause a done deal? I think the Fed may...
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"The most volatile part of the American economy has slowed significantly in the last nine months, providing a warning of both...
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Short but sweet from Barron’s Alan Abelson this morning: "How bad was the employment report? Bad enough. Compared with the...
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Yesterday’s comments about taking a trade were correct about the initial reaction to the NFP. The weak jobs data and initial...
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During yesterday’s discussion with Doc Yardeni, he described an economy with employment so full that we couldn’t possibly...
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Usually, when we have a lousy NFP number, the Household survey Bulls come out, touting the superiority of that metric. Their...
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Everyone’s favorite datapoint is out today: Non-Farm payrolls gets released at 8:30. Of course, I am sticking with the...
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