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Barron’s Alan Abelson shares my disdain for ginned up CPI data: When it comes to the so-called professional response to economic...

On Monday, we looked at the Insolvency Epidemic — so its not like no one saw this coming. Everyone knew that yesterday was...

Here’s some more color on Oil: The WSJ decided to track the past few decades of Crude’s price history, both adjusted (and...

Today, I played the role of skeptic — and Man, did I hit for the cycle with today’s CPI comments — they were...

There is no inflation, and we’s gots da data to prove it (Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain). CPI (I cannot stop...

Yesterday, Gary B. Smith made reference to my Delphi comments on Wednesday (thanks for the kind words, G-man). My key takeaway in this...

Over the past few quarters, we’ve developed the theme of drilling beneath the headlines to find out what is really going on: In the...

There is an interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell in the latest New Yorker about Harvard and other Ivy League schools admission...

I’ve been railing on why Markets should focus on energy prices and consumer spending, rather than core CPI; Here’s a quick...

Is it too early to even be thinking about the upcoming Mid-Term elections? Source:WSJ