Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 410,000
The DOL reports: In the week ending November 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 410,000, a decrease... 41,000 from the previous...
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DRIPS – A Scary Tool For Investing
The following article is from one of our external contributors. It does not represent... opinion of Benzinga and has not been edited. Many investment advisors...
No Mercy For The Turkey
It may be Thanksgiving week but there are literally high quality setups crawling out of the woodworks. Can’t I ever get a day off? Here...
Housing Starts at Four Year High on Multi-Family Units
The Commerce Department reported(.pdf) that housing starts rose to their highest level since July 2008 and building permits saw their second highest reading in over...
Starts and Completions: Multi-family and Single Family
Starts and Completions: Multi-family and Single Family by Bill McBride on 11/20/2012 09:56:00 AM Ten months of the way through 2012, single family starts are on...
10 Things Your Mutual Fund Company Won’t Tell You
This is a nice summary of the flaws in many mutual funds. Too many mutual funds are simply index funds disguised as something else. And...
Capital Strike Redux?
After the US economy began to recover rather robustly in the mid-1930s, a series of ill-considered government policies, notably a tax on undistributed profits, a...
U.S. Dollar Poised to Move on the Peso and Real
While the Peso has strengthened back below its 200 day MA, it remains in a well defined trend channel from the October low and resistance...
GOME: Emerging market stock of the day
Chinese electronic retailer GOME ( GMELY , quote ) struggled in Hong Kong trading after reporting sub-par earnings Monday. Chinese retailer GOME could return to...
Coca-Cola: Betting Big in Latin America
Coca Cola ( KO , quote ) is doubling down on the Latin American consumer with a $1.3 billion investment in Chile over the next...