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May Pending Home Sales rose .1% m/o/m, about in line with expectations of flat and April was revised higher to a gain of 7.1% from 6.7%....
S&P Tried to Buy Morningstar
A Bailout Nation reader reached out to me with the following tale. What makes it so compelling even today was what they thought they...
Strong Case We Don’t Need PPIP
~~~ Source: Fill or Kill: Strong Case We Don’t Need Geithner’s Toxic Debt Scheme Aaron Task Yahoo Tech Ticker, Jul 01, 2009...
Media Appearance: MSNBC’s Morning Meeting
I will be appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan on Wednesday, July 1 at 9:30 am. Dylan’s a great...
ADP jobs #
ADP reports that the private sector shed 473k jobs in June, below expectations of a drop of 394k but is in line with the revised decline...
Viewpoints: Soros on Market Instability
Viewpoints: Soros on Market Instability Soros Fund Management Chairman George Soros talks to WSJ Deputy Managing Editor Alan Murray about...
China, China, China AGAIN
Both state owned and private sector weighted manufacturing indexes in China showed another month of expansion as both rose a touch from...
Updated: Case-Shiller 100-Year Chart
Yesterday, we discussed why the Case Shiller Index, which fell 18%, was not yet cause for celebration. Regular TBP reader Steve Barry...
Earnings All About Forecasts
As second-quarter earnings roll in, Russ Koesterich of Barclays Global Investors says he’ll be looking out for forecasts, and...
Confidence, Housing, and Unemployment are All Intertwined
Good Evening: An unexpected drop in consumer confidence today spoiled what investors had hoped would be a rousing finish to an otherwise...