BloombergKraft 1Q Profit Up 1.8% As Revenue Strengthens, Margins WeakenWall Street JournalKraft Food Inc.'s (KFT) first-quarter earnings rose 1.8% as higher prices helped boost the packaged-food giant's revenue, though increased input costs con…
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If The Market Rolls Over Here….
by Charles Hugh Smith •
If this rally runs out of steam, history suggests the next move down could plumb depths not seen in years.
If the market rolls over here, the next bottom might be a lot lower than most players think possible. After all, the “news” is all posi…
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Our Counterfeit Economy
by Charles Hugh Smith •
The U.S. economy is in effect a counterfeit economy, living on money created from thin air that is unbacked by an equivalent productive expansion of surplus value.
Yesterday we looked at counterfeiting and money printing and discovered they are on…
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Commodity Prices Headed for a Huge Drop
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner •
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Commodity Prices Headed for a Huge Drop
By Erik Swarts Sep 30, 2011 2:40 pm
We may be at the back end of a historic super cycle in commodities, and the decline will help businesses and consumers while devastating emerging eco…
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We Don’t Have Wealth Creation
by Guest Editorial •
This post was written by Lugnut at Capitalstool.com. I think we just have a liquidation cycle gathering because Uncle Fed didn’t come through with more $ from the pump. So you get commodity liquidations because hedgies were working a self fulfilling inflation play. Then you get equity liquidation pressure from a recession and baby boomer…
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Profit Margin Squeeze Continues to Grip the Economy
by dshort.com - Financial Life Cycle Planning •
May 19, 2011
The two charts below offer clues for evaluating the risk of profit margin squeeze in the current economy. One is the ratio of crude to finished goods in the Producer Price Index (data through April). The other is an indicator constructe…
