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Checking in on the World's Best Rotation Strategy 30 Mar 2013 | 10:49 pm
Hello all... I knew I hadn't posted in a while, but I had no idea the last post was back in August. For those curious, this will not be the start of regular posting, though I have a few things I may s...
Employment Survey's Diverge 3 Aug 2012 | 10:36 pm
The Washington Post details: One is called the payroll survey. It asks mostly large companies and government agencies how many people they employed during the month. This survey produces the number o...
GDP Expands 1.5% in Q2 27 Jul 2012 | 09:58 pm
Bloomberg details: The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as a softening job market prompted Americans to curb spending. Gross domestic product, the value of all goods and s...
Leading Economic Indicators Decline by Most Since Last September 20 Jul 2012 | 12:44 am
Bloomberg details: The index of U.S. leading economic indicators fell more than forecast in June, a sign the U.S. economic expansion is slowing. The Conferences Board’s gauge of the outlook for the ...
Consumer Credit Jumps... a Good Thing? 10 Jul 2012 | 11:13 am
Bloomberg details: Consumer credit climbed more than forecast in May, led by the biggest jump in credit-card debt in almost five years that may signal Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The...
Gaming the System... Disability Edition 7 Jul 2012 | 03:07 am
In my post outlining the decline in employment (excluding teens), reader Mike pointed out another interesting phenomenon: One of the stories I read about this month's BLS report dealt with the rise i...
Employment (Excluding Teen Hires) Turns Negative 6 Jul 2012 | 09:58 pm
Peter Boockvar provides details of the ugly job report: June Payrolls totaled 80,000, 20,000 less than expected and well below the ADP whisper. The two prior months were revised down by a net 1000. T...
Breaking Down Volatility of the VIX 5 Jul 2012 | 10:20 am
I had never heard of the VVIX index (the volatility of the stock market's volatility "volatility of VIX") until a week back when Bill Luby from the always insightful 'VIX and More Blog' posted about t...
Common Investor Errors... 2 Jul 2012 | 06:45 pm
Early last week, Barry Ritholtz outlined what he believed were the top ten most common investor errors: Here is my short list: 1. High Fees Are A Drag on Returns 2. Mutual Fund Are Inferior to ETFs ...
(Almost) All Assets up in the First Half 2 Jul 2012 | 12:36 am
Despite a volatile second quarter, risk assets (actually all assets with the exception of commodities) performed quite well in the first half. Leading the pack were REITs (up both quarters) on demand ...
