In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 59 min ago

This is a surprise: he isn't this optimistic in the department lounge: Barry Eichengreen: In desperate economic times, grasp the fisnal nettle: With s...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 6 hours ago

Financial advisors across the nation have been trying to clean up the mess that Jim Cramer made. We had clients crying because of the panic he created...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 20 hours ago

The flow of finance to expanding companies--or, rather, the not-flow of finance to companies that ought to be expanding employment--is the problem.Pau...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 22 hours ago

The deep decline in markets worldwide that has left many an investor in despair and has prompted some to take extreme steps like committing suicide se...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 22 hours ago

I wrote the following on 9/1/2007, the first day of the blog's existence. As you read it, remember, the dot.com bubble and bust, historically low inte...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 23 hours ago

The market's fear is reflected in the TED spread, a cute, cuddly name given to the difference in interest rates between inter-bank loans ((LIBOR)) and...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 1 day ago

The stream of news regarding bailout plans and credit markets remains endless, and market gyrations are still continuing, albeit to a much smaller ext...

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In Finance Markets - Posted 1 day ago

Despite shares recovering in early trading today as investors absorbed the news of a half a point percentage cut in interest rates, stock markets this...

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In In The Money - Posted 1 day ago

Today is my birthday. I was hoping to sleep in for once, but not in this market! At least the futures were nicely higher when my alarm went off at 5...

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In Finance Markets - Posted 1 day ago

Yesterday, several central banks including the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve announced they were to cut ...

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