Last week, we looked at the impact of the Housing slow down on various economic sectors. When we mentioned automobiles, one of the common...
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I don’t see how any intelligent, observant, intellectually honest person can claim that there has been zero impact on consumer...
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Uh, you guys may want to tweak that algorithm a bit . . . Hmmmm, so you think that buying a disposable $39 tool kit is best accessorized...
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For the past 5 years, I’ve cringed each time I heard a bullish argument for rising Corporate Capital Expenditures (CapEx for short)...
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To be filed under Outsource THIS right off my desktop! Google has taken aim at one of the two biggest Mister Softee moneymakers: "On...
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Yesterday, DF asked about the negative savings rate. I noted the RM column I wrote last June (Ignore Statistical Oddities at Your Peril)...
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I spoke with Hugh Moore of Guerite Advisors over the weekend. Hugh has sent this chart over, and I found it worth sharing (I’ll...
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After starting the year in a funk, Markets have rallied on Crude dropping to 19 month lows. Dropping oil prices are a double edged sword:...
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Dan Gross had a good Sunday Times piece on a favorite subject of ours: The Phantom Rebound in the Housing Market. Not surprisingly, it...
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke > Yes, magic: A drool worthy...
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