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Macro Factors and their impact on Monetary Policy, the Economy, and Financial Markets MacroTides@macrotides1@gmail.com Investment letter...

Dick Arms notes that the short term and longer term ARMS Index (TRIN) is extremely overbought. The ARMS index has a pretty decent track...

Insight on rebuilding New York City’s economy, with Michael Bloomberg, New York City mayor. Airtime: Thurs. Dec. 9 2010 | 6:43 AM ET

Days from an important batch of economic data in China saw the Shanghai index fall 1.5% to a 2 month low as many expect another rate hike...

Scott Patterson covered the markets as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal during the market run up, credit crisis and collapse. He...

Prepare yourself to be floored: Google Maps keeps evolving, expanding the ability to drill down into granular detail. The latest updated...

FHFA, the GSEs and HAMP December 8, 2010 Joshua Rosner > According to a Wall Street Journal story “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in...

From Europe, where variable mortgages are the rule: To prevent an economic disaster in 2008, world states spent 2,000 billion dollars to...

The Fed released its report on consumer credit, and it comes as no surprise that revolving credit eased for the 26th consecutive month as...

here are my 7 meta-curated items I am reading now: • How America will collapse (by 2025) Four scenarios that could spell the end of the...