The WSJ’s MarketBeat has an excellent summary on the Housing Starts data, titled House of Pain. The WSJ notes 4 relevant factors...
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“In terms of what it actually tells us about overall inflation, I’m not sure it’s all that important.”-Jan Hatzius, chief United...
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David Merkel at RM notes that as controversial as the word "Stagflation" is, it is getting more popular as "references to...
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Technical Analysis gets a bad name, and for all the wrong reasons. People seem to be put off by some of the more esoteric pattern...
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With the market up nearly 1% today, there’s not a whole lot of Bearish noise to be found. So as a bit of counter-programming (via...
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The Liscio Report, via Barron’s Alan Abelson, notes the multiplier effect of each dollar spent on Housing. "We’ll...
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Look who’s caught up to reality: The economists who participate in the WSJ’s Monthly Economic Forecasting Survey: "This...
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The Trannies look like death warmed over, down another 1.36 2.3%. Dow Transports, 2 Yearclick for larger chart Note that since we last...
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A large part of our Slow-Motion Slow-Down thesis has been based on Real Estate — the prime engine of economic growth the past few...
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“We have an inverted yield curve, a negative savings rate, six-year-high industry operating rate, multiyear-high commodity prices,...
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