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7 Jun

Chart of the Week: NYSE Member Weekly Buy/Sell

by Barry Ritholtz
In the week ending May 15, NYSE Member Net Buy/Sell numbers hit a new, all-time net buying high (+741,439,000) This number is greater...

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7 Jun

Bush & the Reagan Legacy

by Barry Ritholtz
With the passing of the President Reagan this weekend, expect to see a frenzy of politcal jockeying, with the White House hopes to catch...

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6 Jun

Do Higher Oil Prices Lead to Recessions? (Yes)

by Barry Ritholtz
Nothing to see here folks. No worries about oil prices at all. Move along . . . WSJ: “High oil prices have preceded or coincided...

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6 Jun

Have Oil Jitters Gotten Overblown? (No)

by Barry Ritholtz
Um, no. An Online WSJournal article asks that question. The writer dutifully reported what the people she interviewed said. That’s...

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5 Jun

Global Real Estate Bust?

by Barry Ritholtz
Interesting discussion at the Economist on which countries are particularly vulnerable to their residential-property boom turning to a...

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5 Jun

You’re Hired! Economists Finally Get One Right

by Barry Ritholtz
WSJ: U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in May1, the third straight month of solid job growth. Economists, who have been off by a long...

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4 Jun

Why Cutting CD Prices Went Off Track (HINT: blame it on the...

by Barry Ritholtz
If a price cut falls in a forest, and nobody hears it, will it have any sort of economic consequences? Apparently, not: WSJ: “The...

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4 Jun

Payrolls rise 248,000

by Barry Ritholtz
Good payroll numbers — not too hot, not too cold. They beat the consensus (215k), but were below some of the more outlandish...

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3 Jun

CD prices drop slightly

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a nice little surprise: “The average retail price of full-length CDs fell to $13.29 in the first quarter of...

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3 Jun

Debunking the ISM

by Barry Ritholtz
A professional acquaintance I know (who abhors the limelight) has written the most thorough fisking of the ISM data I have ever seen:...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is the co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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