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Facebook IPO Looking Smaller Already

Feb 2, 2012, 10:21 AM

Greedy financial advisors love to gouge their clients by pushing some hot new thing.  The hot new thing in the 1990s was an Internet company going IPO.  Everything... Read »

Jobless Claims Boost Futures Ahead of Big Jobs Report

Feb 2, 2012, 9:30 AM

US stock futures are have turned slightly higher Thursday morning following another drop in weekly jobless claims. The S&P continues to build nicely above the... Read »

Fed Transparency

Feb 2, 2012, 8:19 AM

A lot has already been written on the FOMC’s latest efforts to increase the transparency of its conduct of monetary policy.  It has been a long, drawn-out, deliberate... Read »

Banks Lead Market Advance

Feb 1, 2012, 11:40 AM

The S&P gapped up and extended, hitting 1326 this morning. 1333 is the January high. Today’s rally has been lead by the banks, we’ve talked lately a lot... Read »

Continued Improvement for Manufacturing Activity in January

Feb 1, 2012, 11:37 AM

January looked a bit better through the prism of the ISM manufacturing index, which rose again last month to 54.1 from December’s 53.1. That’s the third... Read »

ADP: Job Growth Slows In January

Feb 1, 2012, 11:33 AM

Job growth slowed in January, according to ADP. It wasn’t a cataclysmic slowdown, but it’s enough to keep the debate about recession risk bubbling. U.S.... Read »

Have Homebuilder Stocks Bounced Too Far?

Feb 1, 2012, 11:28 AM

Looking at homebuilder stocks, you would think the good times are back. Since the lows of last year, they’ve rallied hard in anticipation of a big rebound in sales... Read »

Europe Needs a Real Fiscal Union

Feb 1, 2012, 11:24 AM

The rhetoric is heating up as we head into Monday’s European Union’s summit.  On one hand, we see rumors circulating that a deal in the Greek debt talks... Read »

I Don’t See How This Can Continue

Feb 1, 2012, 11:22 AM

The European unemployment numbers are out.  The story from the Financial Times: Unemployment in the 17 euro countries climbed to 10.4 per cent in December, with... Read »

The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012

Feb 1, 2012, 11:17 AM

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a few days ago, said the “critical risks” facing the American economy this year... Read »

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