Long Term Perspectives
December has arrived and once again it is time to revisit our long term charts. The fastest moving sector by far are equities...hich managed to...
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Italy Retail Sales Sharpest Drop in 17 Months; Germany Retail Sales Stagnate as Margins Squeezed; Eurozone Retail Sales Drop Sharply
Dismal economic conditions in the eurozone accelerate to the downside as evidenced by falling retail sales. Let's take a look at the Eurozone in aggregate,...
Modeling the Price Mechanism: Simulation and The Problem of Time
Today’s New York Times article on rapid online repricing by holiday retailers depicts a retail world starting to approach the “flash-trading” status of financial markets:...
Summary for Week Ending Nov 30th
Summary for Week Ending Nov 30th by Bill McBride on 12/01/2012 11:59:00 AM Overall the economic data was weaker than expected last week, even the housing data. New home...es...
Stalemate: Obama Warns of Prolonged Talks as Republicans Rebuff Plan
The word of the day is "stalemate". Last year the Republicans had a chance to accept spending cuts to tax hikes at a 10-1 ratio....
Schedule for Week of Dec 2nd
Note: I'll post a summary for last week later today. The key...ort next week is the November employment...ort to be released on Friday. Other key...orts include...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Mortgage Serious Delinquency rates declined in October
Fannie Mae reported that the Single-Family Serious Delinquency rate declined in October to 3.35% from 3.41% September. The serious delinquency rate is down from 4.00%...
Worst Socialist Ever
Many have noted that under success hating kenyan islamosocialist Barack Obama nominal... profits just set a new record. Uh so what. A dollar isn't worth...
Gigantic Journalistic Investigation into Tax Havens
While Mitt Romney may be fading from view in the wake of his defeat on November 6, the issue of tax havens is definitely not...
Friday: October Personal Income and Outlays, Chicago PMI
A couple of articles on the fiscal slope negotiations: Suzy Khimm at the WaPo has the initial White House proposal: The White House’s fiscal cliff...