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  • May 20, 2008

    Back to 1979?

    Pop quiz for all you political junkies out there: Who said this?…

  • This is worth noting. It comes from an analysis of today's retail sales figures by Bernard Baumohl, managing director, the Economic Outlook Group:…

  • May 12, 2008

    I Don’t Get It

    I got an email press release the other day trumpeting, among other things, the following:…

  • Well, employers didn't cut anywhere near the number of workers expected by a majority of economists. Payrolls dropped by -20,000 vs. a consensus…

  • Here's the question I posed earlier in the week:…

  • I think America's embrace of household debt is on the wane for a number of reasons. Among the most important reasons is that lenders have learned…

  • Most Americans are well aware that we have greater poverty here than in Europe. We don't redistribute as much money from the well-off to the poor….

  • Warren Buffett's annual report is always a wonderful read, full of insight and investment wisdom. A number of people have talked to me about this…

  • The decline in consumer spending will drag on the economy for a considerable period of time, even when the economy emerges from recession. It's…

  • Apr 19, 2008

    I-Bonds

    Zvi Bodie,finance professor at Boston University, pointed out today that that with I-bonds the fixed 30-year rate of interest is still 1.2% per…

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