In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 4 days ago

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ignored the warnings of most economists last week, and kept the benchmark Federal Funds rate at 2%, far ...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 4 days ago

Well. That wasn't pleasant. The market (as measured by the S&P500)extended its losses for the year, down about 3% for Q208. We are now at1280 in the S...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 5 days ago

Oil continues to trade near elevated levels (above $143 as at the time of writing) on Iranian verbal threats, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is ...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 6 days ago

Congratulations (of sorts) go to the UK as British household debt is highest in history.British households are now more indebted than those of any oth...

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In SeekingAlpha Gold Stocks - Posted 6 days ago

Why Isn't the Fed Listening to the Markets? A common view of the Federal Reserve is that it is some sort of a nearly omnipotent being standing on gua...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 6 days ago

The proposed solutions to the current economic crisis are getting more and more absurd. With that in mind, I am going to be blunt.Robert J. Shiller's...

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In Bill Cara - Posted 1 week ago

The Financials dropped -6.2% this week. Without help from the Fed, Humungous Bank & Broker could be called Tiny Bank & Broken. It is shocking how much...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

My friend TC monitors C.A.R. data, DQNews data, and Case-Shiller Data. Case-Shiller data was out a few days ago and you can read about it in Case Sh...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

The infighting between Fed governors as noted in Fed Governors Openly Question Bernanke's Competence, has now become a major turf war involving the Fe...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 1 week ago

Treasuries have been on a bit of a rally recently as the Lehman iShares 20+ year duration treasury fund (TLT) chart shows.click on chart for sharper i...

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