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• Stock Market Today Reacts to Merger Monday on Wall Street

  
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  It was a muted start for U.S. equities when the stock market today (Monday) opened. But by mid-day, the bulls were back and benchmarks marched higher. Just before noon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.41, or 0.09%, to 15,354.40. The Standard & Poors 500 Index added 2.54, or 0.15%, to 1,670.01. ...
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• The U.S. Economy May Be Adding Jobs, But They Are Not Equal To The Jobs That Were Lost

  
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  Thanks to, among other things, a falling labor force participation rate, U.S. unemployment is now down to 7.5% . It’s important to note though that the job gains of the last few years have not been equivalent to the jobs that were lost. Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin asserted in a recent speech  that the jobs ...
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• An Invincible Portfolio

  
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  Every once in a while, it behooves an investor to stop, take a look at his portfolio, and ask himself the late New York City Mayor Ed Koch’s favorite question: How’m I doin’? The answer can be instructive. For instance, over the last five years the Dow has moved over 16,000 points. It’s gone from a high of ...
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• What Wal-Mart’s Same-Store Sales Say About the Economy

  
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  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE/WMT), the biggest retailer in the U.S., just reported its second-quarter same-store sales declined 1.4%. As a reader of Profit Confidential , this should come as no surprise to you. Consumer spending in the U.S. economy is bleak; it doesn’t seem to be improving, and it’s nowhere near ...
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• Okun’s Law And The U.S. Employment Recession

  
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  A new paper considers what portion of those unemployed in the U.S. are unemployed due to structural, rather than cyclical, factors through the perspective of Okun’s law . The researchers find that of the 11.7 million unemployed Americans , about 10% of them are unemployed for reasons that are not cyclical. “ ...
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• What Obama’s “Bulworth” Comment Shows About Us

  
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  Almost forgotten within the whirlwind of last week’s columns and news stories covering the Obama Administration’s scandals was a piece from The New York Times discussing the “ onset of woes ” he’s had to deal with. Various aides told The Times on, and off, the record how the President is doing all he can ...
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• CFNAI Slips Further To -0.53

  
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  The Chicago Fed reports that its national activity index (CFNAI) declined to a reading of -0.53 in April. This compares to a -0.23 reading in March, and indicates that the index is below its historical trend. 32 of the 85 individual indicators made positive contributions to the CFNAI in April, while 53 made ...
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• Beware of This Insidious New Currency Scam

  
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  It’s time to put some ice on a hot investing topic. Some ice cube , that is. In his 1993 hip hop anthem, O’Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, raps… “You better check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self. Cus’ I’m bad for your health, I come real stealth.” And that’s exactly the warning ...
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• Are REITs Getting Too Expensive?

  
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  [embed_weekily_video] The incredibly low interest rate environment the Fed has provided for us has resulted in a rush to REITs to capitalize on their higher yields. REITs were originally created to give the small guy access to commercial property, but they now include things as wide ranging as billboards and casinos ...
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• Guide to Working with Monetary Napalm

  
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  In the world of financial incendiaries, the Fed’s overwhelming monetary stimulus has ignited asset prices in the United States with the force and effectiveness of napalm.
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• The Psychology of the Markets: 2000 Years & Going Strong

  
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  In the constant bombardment of anxiety-riddled headlines, we are always on guard to determine that which is fundamental risk and that which exacerbated to justify our sentiments at the current time.
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• The Most Predictable Financial Crisis in the Nation’s History

  
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  There’s a great tug-o-war going on in the stock market right now. And the stakes are huge. How it turns out will determine not only the future prosperity of the country but whether you have an opportunity to achieve your financial dreams. Every investor has a stake in this contest. And the outcome will be critical: ...
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• Money matters

  
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  By Mustang Bobby   The way the Republicans tell it, the economy is still collapsing, the deficit is ballooning, the tax hikes in January are killing business, and Barack Obama is a socialist bent on crushing small business under the heel of the federal government with regulations on top of regulations. Oh ...
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• Emerging Market Economies Indicate Economic Slowdown for Global Economy

  
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  Economic conditions in the U.S. economy may be improving slightly, but the global economy is on the verge of witnessing an economic slowdown—and a possible recession. Key indicators are flashing red signals and warning of trouble ahead for the global economy. In these pages, I have written rigorously about how ...
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• Jobs Growth So Far in 2013 Running Well Behind Last Year’s Pace

  
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  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 3.8 million jobs opening in the U.S. jobs market in the month of March, unchanged from February and lower than March 2012 (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 7, 2013.) The hires rate, which is the number of people hired relative to those already ...
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• Popular Consumer Confidence Measure Falls to Lowest Level Since December 2007

  
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  Consumer spending in the U.S. economy looks to be in trouble. A popular measure of U.S. consumer confidence, the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index fell 2.4% in May. It registered at 45.1, compared to 46.2 in April. What’s problematic is that this consumer confidence measure is only 0.7 points above the reading in ...
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• Morning Market Update May 9

  
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  What Chinese economic data giveth, Chinese economic data taketh away. After commodities, including precious metals, got a boost yesterday from better than expected Chinese trade surplus and import/export data, they are down today on news of a drop in the Chinese producer price index and an increase in inflation at the ...
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• Why I Feel Like It’s 2007 All Over Again

  
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  Wow! Seems like the stock market is the place to be again. We broke 15,000 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average yesterday. I hear traders in the pits are wearing hats that say Dow 15,000. Recently, we even wrote about how central banks and bond mutual funds are buying stocks now, too. Looks like everyone is getting ...
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• Morning Market Update May 8

  
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  Gold is up $14.70 to $1,467.30/oz at 10 AM in New York, as positive industrial news from China and Germany boosted raw commodities, and gold hitched a ride. This triggered short covering in Europe, lending a bit more support. The dollar is weaker this morning against a basket of currencies, which is positive for ...
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• Video game industry gives the U.S. economy a needed boost

  
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  The video game industry has proven to be a stalwart cavalry unit as the U.S. economy faces its greatest need. (Photo Credit: CC BY-SA/xploitme/Flickr) Video games have come a long way since Pong, Pac Man and Space Invaders. According to a recent study conducted by Economists Incorporated for the trade association ...
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