One of the differences between the prior 9 hikes and yesterday’s (as well as future hikes) has been the Real Federal Funds Rate....
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Days like today that start strong and finish weak are not particularly good for sentiment or the technicals. Especially, coming as it did...
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Instead of the usual posts on the FOMC meeting (Parsing the Fed and Economist’s reactions), today we will instead quote John...
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Bigger A quick heads up: I will be on Kudlow & Company tonite at 5pm, along with portfolio manager Michael Chren. Its for 2...
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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 NYT reported yesterday that "the number of homes for sale on Long Island and in Queens in June was 22 percent higher this year...
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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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