The WSJ noted that, according to the Money Fund Report newsletter, "Investors to money-market funds added $21.26 billion in the week...
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I get all sorts of email. Some of it, I simply do not know what to do with. I respond to polite requests, I look at suggested specific...
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Economist and Freakonomics author Steven Levitt guest on the Colbert Report:
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David Leonhardt gives the business to a topic we have covered several times here: What is really going on with residential real estate...
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On CNBC, the pundits are talking about how the most recent spate of data has put Goldilocks scenario in danger. I must admit to finding...
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The latest retail sales data is out, and its rather mixed: -Gap fell 2 percent. They expect pressure on profit margins to continue into...
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Its "Trash a Trade-Group’s Spin" day here at the Big Picture. After this morning’s look at the National Retail...
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I’m kinda dumfounded to see this issue come up time and again, but — there they go again: The National Retail Federation is once...
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A Trader friend emailed this: It has been 95 trading days since we have had a down 1% close. This is 4.5 standard deviations from the...
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Last year, we lamented the passing of M3 reporting. This broadest of money supply measures had shown a discomforting increase in...
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