Andrew J. Burkly of by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co does a nice "numerical" preview each year. Here are his Seven Big...
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The WSJ goes all YouTube on us (via BrightCove‘s technology). It allows the embedding of their video onto other sites, and is...
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Every month, the St. Louis Fed puts out their monthly book of charts. They cover lots of great stuff: Monetary and Financial Indicators...
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Given our focus today on Retail sales this week, it is appropriate to reference another source of data on the consumer. This commentary...
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Prior to Thanksgiving, I made my holiday shopping forecast: "I am looking for a gain in holiday sales (year over year) that...
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A quick review of some recent data points: • Major retailers have dissappointed, either in revs, profits or forecasts: Wal-mart, Best...
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Tales of Inflation’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. PPI — the prices for finished goods, not raw materials —...
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We have long used this platform to provide a reality check on some of the questionable errata we hear from various entities. It seems...
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Lots of Bulls — and quite a few commenters here — agree there is a worldwide boom going on. What is fueling it, you may ask?...
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Several readers (and Peter Bookvar) have suggested going to the Cleveland Fed CPI data: According to the Federal Reserve Bank of...
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