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World’s Fastest & Slowest Growing Economies

May 2, 2013| 

Here’s our update of last November’s post of the world’s fastest and slowest growing economies ranked by 2013 GDP growth.  The growth estimates and nominal... Read »

U.S. Equity Sector ETF Weekly Performance – April 26

Apr 26, 2013| 

Reclaiming 20-day moving average Financials (XLF), Industrials (XLI), Materials (XLB), Technology (XLK) Reclaiming 50-day moving average Energy (XLE), Industrials... Read »

U.S. Equity Sector ETF – Daily Performance

Apr 15, 2013| 

Tough day for America, tough day for Boston, tough day for the markets. Our hearts and prayers go out to those involved and their families in this senseless tragedy. The... Read »

Is Cyprus Too Small To Fail?

Mar 20, 2013| 

“Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they keep digging.” These were the words of the U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria spoken to us during the country’s staccato... Read »

The Bernanke Stock Squeeze

Feb 27, 2013| 

So Bernanke says 2016 is when he thinks unemployment moves to the monetary policy target of 6.5 percent. That’s a long time before the party in U.S. stocks will... Read »

Gas Expenditures as % Income at 30-year High

Feb 19, 2013| 

Paid over $4.00 a gallon this weekend.  This high this early in the year brings the gas price back on the macro radar screen. The EIA notes, Gasoline expenditures... Read »

How Much QE is Leaking Into the Economy?

Jan 25, 2013| 

The Fed’s balance sheet just topped $3 trillion for the first time ever according to the Wall Street Journal, The U.S. Federal Reserve‘s balance sheet topped... Read »

Excess Reserves Declining

Jan 8, 2013| 

Keep this one on your radar.   Excess reserves of depository institutions are beginning to decline,  down $183 billion, or 11.3 percent,  from their peak in November... Read »

VIX Has Largest Weekly Down Move Since Inception

Jan 5, 2013| 

The CBOE has a nice piece out noting this week’s VIX collapse of 39.1 percent was the largest weekly percent down move since the index was launched in January... Read »

Picture of the Year: For Whom the Can Tolls

Dec 31, 2012| 

If there is one picture we’ve posted, and we’ve posted it several times, that encapsulates 2012, it is this one.   Think Ernie as the allegory for the fiscal... Read »

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