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7 Oct

Projected Electoral College Vote: Swing States, 10/06/04

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a surprise: The WSJ/Zogby Swing State Polls has Kerry significantly ahead in electoral votes. A new WSJ.com projection of...

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6 Oct

Presidential Futures Markets: Spurious Predictive Powers

by Barry Ritholtz
Last Thursday’s presidential debates surprised many of the 63 million Americans who tuned in by offering substantive policy...

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6 Oct

Economics, Security, and the Decline of the US Creative Class

by Barry Ritholtz
In the beginning of the year, we asked the question: “Is the balance of scientific power shifting?” That question gets...

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6 Oct

Barrons picks up “Bull or Bear Market”

by Barry Ritholtz
Oops! I overlooked this: The print edition of Barron’s picked up last week’s Bull or Bear Market? commentary. The focus of...

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5 Oct

Natural Gas prices go vertical!

by Barry Ritholtz
How is this for a price increase: The DOE notes that “Natural gas prices continued to surge in the wake of Hurricane Ivan for the...

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5 Oct

Political Debate Over Jobs Intensifies

by Barry Ritholtz
We’ve shown this chart (and variations) too many times to count. It was a pleasant surprise to see that the WSJ has discovered it....

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4 Oct

Eruption!

by Barry Ritholtz
Mount St. Helens flipped her lid last week, and the markets, apparently not willing to be outdone, joined her as the new quarter began....

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4 Oct

Chart of the Week: SPX (one year)

by Barry Ritholtz
As the chart below reveals, the S&P500 has been suffering in a downtrend all year. Friday’ action finally broke the index above...

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3 Oct

All about Oil: an overview

by Barry Ritholtz
Max Sawicky observes “The most important story that nobody is talking about is fifty-dollar-a-barrel oil. The potential harm to the...

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2 Oct

Music sales rebound on cheaper CDs, DVD sales increase

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a topic that simply will not go away: The Music industry and CD sales. U.S. music sales rebounded 3.9% in the first half of...

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