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• Staci Wendt on Starting a Statistics [Book] Club

  
  AEA365 - A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators — Authority: 110
  My name is Staci Wendt and I am a Research Associate at RMC Research in Portland, Oregon. Last year, I completed my Ph.D. in Applied Psychology at Portland State University. After finishing my degree, I was concerned about how to stay current with statistical literature and how to practice techniques that I learned ...
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• Chart of the Day: 8 Major Central Bank Balance Sheets as a percent of Global Equity Market Cap

  
  prudent investor newsletters — Authority: 120
  That’s from Bianco Research (Ritholtz.com) Some noteworthy aspects. The scale of market interventions by global central banks since 2008 has been unprecedented. The ratio of central bank balance sheet relative to global equity market cap has exploded from about 12% to the current range (25% to a high ...
  2 days ago

• Here Come Commodities on Fire - Thank You Federal Reserve

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 508
  Quantitative Easing rumors are now spreading like wildfire. Speculators have already grabbed one commodity , tin. Tin climbed the most in almost four months in London as prospects of low U.S. interest rates at least until 2014 boosted speculation of increased demand for the metal used in mobile phones, plasma ...
  3 days ago

• On Junk Bonds

  
  The Aleph Blog — Authority: 559
  If someone were to ask me my opinion on Junk Bonds at present, fool that he would be to ask me because I know real experts elsewhere, I would say this: They are good for a speculative trade, but dumb money has arrived.  Be ready to sell when the momentum fails. High yield ETFs sell at decent premiums which leads to ...
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• Correlation Nation: What Causes Unprecedented Asset Correlation?

  
  The Big Picture — Authority: 684
  > I am the keynote speaker today at the Dow Jones event: Correlation Nation : What happens when all markets and asset classes are in correlation? As markets trade on headline risk versus pure fundamentals, finding a winner is more challenging than ever before.  Kelly Evans hosts a panel discussion ...
  4 days ago

• The ‘QE-exit’ inflation paradox

  
  FT Alphaville — Authority: 687
  RBC Capital Markets takes an interesting take on the Fed’s newly released Fed Funds projections. First the projections, which look like this: As the note under the chart declares,...
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• Dissertation UK

  
  College Debt Tips and Advice — Authority: 133
  A dissertation is also known as thesis. It is the representation of the ideas that help in bringing out the abilities of the students related to the research. It is very necessary on the part of the students that they follow all the rules and formats prescribed to complete a dissertation. A dissertation includes well ...
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• When SPX Closes Just Under a 50-day High Prior to a Fed Day

  
  Quantifiable Edges — Authority: 447
  Yesterday I showed that Fed Days typically carry a bullish edge, but that edge failed to hold when the SPX closed at a 20-day high just prior to the Fed Day. By closing down 0.1% Tuesday the SPX narrowly missed closing at a 20-day high. So are we now safe because the market just missed a new high by 0.1% on ...
  5 days ago

• Pound Drops as UK GDP Declines

  
  Forex News — Authority: 122
  The Great Britain pound fell against the US dollar and pared its gains versus the Japanese yen after the UK National Statistics reported that the nation’s GDP shrank in the last quarter, adding to signs than Britain is entering recession.(...) Read the rest of Pound Drops as UK GDP Declines (89 words) ...
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• New Book on the Real Issue: A Guide to the UK Monetary and Banking System

  
  In the Spirit of the Forum for Stable Currencies — Authority: 85
  Thanks to the remarkable net-working of the New Era Network , I received the announcement of a book that is long overdue: Where Does Money Come From? A Guide to the UK Monetary and Banking System I.e. This book looks at money and not economics as the pseudo-science that covers up what central bankers, banks ...
  6 days ago

• Against Simple Valuation Metrics

  
  The Aleph Blog — Authority: 559
  There have been a lot of articles dealing with use of corporate free cash flow lately: Dividends — get them, are they sustainable? Buybacks — do they add value or not? Acquisitions — are they overpaying?  What are the synergies? But you never hear about the last one — internal investment for organic ...
  6 days ago

• News That Matters

  
  ZeroHedge — Authority: 778
      Thetrader.se The extended Santa Rally has surprised many. With the light volume melt up, many are rather confused at these levels. Shorts sweating, longs enjoying, but want to exit fast, if this turns lower. Volatility has collapsed, and people now hate anything called theta. HFT still dominating the market. ...
  1 week ago

• Britain in the midst of first double dip since the 1970s

  
  In These New Times — Authority: 120
  Here are the main themes of the UK media’s coverage of our economic collapse: the recession is a “technicality”; it’s all Europe’s fault; things will get better with more QE just like they didn’t last time. It’s hard to know what to say to this. Britain is a consumer economy or it is nothing. The [...]
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• Introducing Mr Mario Draghi… Europe’s Incredible Economic Saviour

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 118
  The World Bank has just turned up to the party, telling everyone to go home and sober up. But with the music blaring and the booze flowing, no one is listening. Besides, the party only just started. 2012 is a new year. The January effect - which says stocks usually enjoy a rally at the start of the year based on ...
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• Einhorn Ends 2011 Just Over +2%, Closes FSLR Short, Warns On Asia, Mocks "Lather. Rinse. Repeat" Broken Markets

  
  ZeroHedge — Authority: 778
  Anyone wondering why FSLR just jumped, it is because as was just made known, David Einhorns Greenlight has decided to close its FSLR position, after bleeding that particular corpse dry. "Our largest winner by far was our short of First Solar (FSLR) which fell from $130.14 to $33.76 paper share and was the worst ...
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• Federal Reserve Profited $77 Billion From Junk Assets in 2011

  
  Common Sense Capitalism — Authority: 114
  In 2011, the Federal Reserve earned $77 billion in profits from its $2 trillion balance sheet. Thats just under a 4% return. Thats not too bad for an economy that is struggling to find investment returns. In fact, a 4% return is better than an index equity investment (flat in 2011) and a Treasury investment (3% ...
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• Relying on Data Produced As “Content” – A Video Interview

  
  BrandSavant — Authority: 92
  Tweet I was delighted to be asked recently to contribute a brief video interview to the excellent Social Media Explorer , run by my friend Jason Falls. SME will be hosting a series of five events all over the country under the “Explore” moniker, and he has definitely raised the level of discourse – both by ...
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• The ECB is Engaging in Massive QE

  
  Credit Writedowns — Authority: 649
  By Marshall Auerback So the ratings agencies have finally followed through on the big threat and downgraded a number of the eurozone’s credit ratings, including France and Austria, both of which have now lost their coveted Triple AAA status. Italy, Portugal and Spain were downgraded a further two notches. What ...
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• Germany’s Fed Up and Getting Ready to Walk

  
  ZeroHedge — Authority: 778
  For months I’ve been warning that when push come to shove Germany will bail on the Euro. The reasons for this are simple: 1)    The German public and court system won’t stand for QE from the European Central Bank 2)    Issuing Euro bonds goes against the German constitution 3)    ...
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• Graham Summers’ Weekly Market Forecast (Has the Can Hit the Wall? Edition)

  
  ZeroHedge — Authority: 778
  As usual, bad news was released over the weekend when the least number of people are paying attention. In this particular instance the bad news was:   1)    S&P downgrading nine EU countries, including France and Austria which both lost AAA status 2)    S&P downgrading the EFSF to AA 3) ...
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