Yesterday was window dressing day (facilitated at just the right time by Yellen’s most dovish commentary to date) not only for the hedge fund and vacuum tube community, but also …
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Maggie Mahar at The Health Beat Blog has been keeping track of the progress made by people in enrolling in the PPACA. As the “train wreck†called Obamacare pulls into the station …
Read More Turkey’s Erdogan Wins Local Election and Vows to Hunt Down ‘Traitors’ You have to give it to the Machiavellian Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan, so far, nothing seems able to …
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For years mortgage rates on “jumbo” loans (definition) have been higher than for traditional (conforming) mortgages (definition). Since jumbo loans were larger than the upper limit permitted to be packaged …
Read More How would you feel if you went to the store to buy something, and someone rushed ahead of you and purchased it first and then sold it to you at …
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Japanese real estate stocks were broadly speaking the worst global equity performers in the first quarter of 2014 along with broad weakness in Russia and China (note US consumer discretionary was …
Read More Today’s market was strong with lots of volume to open the week and close the quarter. The strongest index of the day was the Russell 2000, up 1.8%, followed by …
Read More Today we are about to dine on pizza because I am getting bored with Chinese food, however cheap and good. Before the lunch I update the Global-Investing.com model portfolios. Closed …
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Since 2010, the average top scoring ADR has returned 521 bps more than the EAFE in the following 12 months, with no turnover. The average ADR score is 45.08, below …
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Econintersect: The official government manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) appears to be stabilizing for March with a reading of 50.3, up insignificantly from February’s reading of 50.2. Readings above 50 …
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