As per our prior discussion, the chart used by the WSJ reaches conclusions unsupported by the data. Consider the chart below — it...
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Readers of the Big Picture know what a huge fan I am of both the WSJ and their awesome graphics department. So it was with great...
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Two major themes we have been discussing for quite some time appear to be coming together: A) Real Estate, though not a bubble, is an...
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The Long Island section of NYT: "The number of homes for sale on Long Island and in Queens in June was 22 percent...
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The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Americans have stopped saving for a rainy day. Instead, they are living paycheck to...
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"It looks like the U.S. economy is now dominated by housing, shopping, eating and drinking (with some help from very expensive...
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The WSJ reports: The Labor Department announced Friday morning that U.S. employers added 207,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls and that...
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Here’s a real conundrum for ya: Who do you fight, the Tape or the Fed? That’s my takeaway from an interesting WSJ discussion...
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This was a good — but not great — NFP report. In fact, its one of the better reports we’ve seen. It points to an...
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Well, its the first Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Non-Farm Payroll report. Consensus is for 180,000. Since its been...
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