Financial

The ‘Deflation Danger’ Should Abate … What is it with this perennial fear the chief money printers have of falling prices? Not that we are likely to see it happen, …

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Astrology Update: March 2, 2014 The Markets The Nasdaq timing signal has flipped bullish last week, leaving only the Dow Jones bearish.  According to Jeff, “the Dow still has quite …

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I inadvertently overlooked a recent commentary written by a Sense on Cents favorite, Simon Johnson, that ran at Project Syndicate. Johnson writes a fabulous piece entitled Truth From the Top highlighting the work of former …

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UPDATE: It’s happened – China has suffered its first domestic corporate bond default as Chaori fails to meet interest payments on schedule and rather more surprisingly failed to receive a …

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The Chart of the Day is Kroger (KR). I found the stock by sorting the All Time High list for new high frequency in the last month, skipped any stocks that didn’t have a …

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China’s corporate sector has been hit with escalating credit problems. Here is the latest: 1. Shanghai Chaori Energy Science and Technology is about to miss a coupon payment on its …

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Non-Farm Payrolls tomorrow. The market is expecting 163K jobs added on the headline. It is hard to tell how they will spin a big miss or a number on the …

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While the Nasdaq lost some ground by the close, it does have the help of an ever improving Semiconductor Index. After years of underperformance, the Semiconductor Index is about to …

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A Federal Reserve data release (Z.1 Flow of Funds) for 3Q2013 provides insight into the finances of the average household – and our beloved “Joe Sixpack”. Our modeled “Joe Sixpack” …

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Core inflation, which excludes the effect of food and energy prices and is how every self-respecting economist measures price increases, is up 8.75% over the past five years. However, as …

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