What is wrong with the international banking system? In order to maintain sustainable global economic growth, the banking system needs to be functional and profitable. Bank shareholders should be enjoying …
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The best scoring small caps from one year ago have outperformed the R2K by 1,580 bps over the past year, with no turnover. Â The top performers have been RAD up …
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The pending home sales index for January 2014 was released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today, and our analysis suggests that February 2014 existing home sales again may …
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Wonder why the FX “cartel” sent the USDJPY soaring starting sometime around 9:00 am? Simple: to generate the kind of momentum buying panic in ES that sent it vertical by …
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Econintersect: The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rose marginally, and remains firmly in expansion territory. Employment component of the index rose strongly. The Chicago Business Barometer remained broadly unchanged at 59.8 in …
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The Second Estimate for Q4 GDP, to one decimal, came in at 2.4 percent, down from 3.2 percent in the Advance Estimate. The GDP deflator used to calculate real (inflation-adjusted) …
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For a case study of a blistering rise and an absolutely epic fall of an exchange that 1) was named after Magic: the Gathering and 2) transacted in a digital …
Read More Up and up we go. Sure it’s low-volume, sure it’s coming on a day when the Fed put $4Bn worth of POMO into the system and sure it came on …
Read More In Q4 2013, the 50 largest hedge funds bought AAPL, CCI, and TWTR; sold LYB, EQIX The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by 3.6% in Q4 2013. Apple …
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And just like that the Chinese yuan devaluation has shifted away from the merely “orderly.” In the past few hours of trading, China, which as we reported two days ago …
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