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Markets

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Stocks Plunge as U.S. June Housing Starts Fall 5% to 8-month Low

Jul 20, 2010 at 07:05

U.S. equity markets plunged in pre-market trading following a weaker than expected U.S. Housing Starts report. It was reported that in June housing starts fell to a 549,000 pace, a…

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Economists Don't Understand Money

Jul 20, 2010 at 06:39

The total above ground supply of gold doesn't vary by much from year to year, which is one of the reasons gold functioned so efficiently as money for thousands of…

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Why Not Another World War?

Jul 19, 2010 at 16:41

There is overwhelming agreement among economists that the Second World War was responsible for decisively ending the Great Depression. When asked why the wars in Iran and Afghanistan are failing…

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The Equity Markets In Graphs

Jul 19, 2010 at 16:27

So what is the state of the market? With the SPY and QQQQ both below resistance, this is bearish. With SDS bullish, this is bearish for equities. QID has yet…

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Has Gold Had Its Day?

Jul 19, 2010 at 15:35

Again this week, the minutes of the Fed's meeting gave cause for concern as they stated that the risks to the U.S. economy had moved to the downside. While this…

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Banks Blow It...

Jul 19, 2010 at 14:10

The major index ETFs opened lower then began a steep dive for the forty-five minutes of trading where the majority of the days losses were seen. The next half hour…

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Stock Prices, Economic Data Buffet Crude Oil Futures in Lackluster Trading

Jul 19, 2010 at 13:44

An unexpectedly sharp drop in a key consumer confidence index sent stocks plummeting on Friday and drove down prices for crude oil futures so that the benchmark contract finished the…

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Five Reasons for Nonsensical Forward Earnings Estimates

Jul 19, 2010 at 13:41

Forward S&P 500 earnings estimates are outrageously optimistic as noted in Hussman on Misallocating Resources, Market Valuations, Earnings Estimates, and Public Policy. This post will address the reasons why ...

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When There is No Rule of Law

Jul 19, 2010 at 09:09

Regime uncertainty is the opposite of the rule of law. It is the rule of the whims of the people in charge and what mood they are in on any…

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Emerging Markets Showing Mature Markets a Clean Pair of Heels

Jul 19, 2010 at 07:57

It comes as no surprise that the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has been solidly outperforming the Dow Jones World Index since the low of October 2008, as seen in the…