I’m struggling to find a different way to say the same thing again… Ah, the hell with it. The 10-12 month cycle projection is...
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Analysis: The great hedge fund humbling of 2011
By Svea Herbst and Katya Wachtel | Reuters – 3 hrs ago...
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Excuses, excuses and more excuses.
The result was a humbling year for the $1.7 trillion hedge fund industry, with...
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Bloomberg
U.S. Growth Decoupling From Bonds Means Lower Yields to JPMorgan
December 11, 2011, 7:26 PM EST
By Daniel Kruger and Liz Capo McCormick
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The strengthening U.S. economy is proving no deterrent to the biggest rally in ...
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-15/goldman-s-blankfein-growth-to-
snap-back-.html
And if that doesn't pan out, there's always a job waiting as head of Treasury, the Fed, or Greece.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth- biggest ...
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Hat tip to SDRman, on another board
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Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately.
So here’s a quick refresher on what’s happened to some of the main pla...
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Nightmare scenario: U.S. deflation risks rising
On Wednesday October 26, 2011, 4:19 pm EDT
By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Risks are rising that a moribund job market and potentially steep drop in inflation could push the United States into a d...
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Standard & Poor’s is giving a higher rating to securities backed by subprime home loans, the same type of investments that led to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, than it assigns the U.S. government.
S&P is poised to provide ...
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Aug. 16, 2011, 12:06 p.m. EDT
Corporate profit outlooks will worsen: survey
But 42% of investors think global recession won’t happen this year
By Dawn Lim, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) –– Investor sentiment has taken a sharp turn in the ...
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August 12, 2011
Aftershock to Economy Has a Precedent That Holds Lessons
By JAMES B. STEWART
Like earthquakes, financial crises seem to be accompanied by aftershocks, like the one we’ve been living through this week. They can feel every bit as bad a...
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Millionaire Wealth Rises to Pre-Crisis Levels
By Lorie Konish
June 22, 2011
While the international millionaire population’s wealth rose past pre-crisis levels in 2010, wealth managers need to prepare as that demographic gradually shifts to younger...
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The U.S. job market's sluggish pace of recovery has kept many workers jobless and discouraged, and now many feel advancements in technology and globalization will hurt U.S. job growth.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier this month that the country's unemployment rate in April rose to 9.0% from...
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Americans gathered around the hearth of CBS's 60 Minutes must have been bemused to hear reporter Scott Pelley announce self-importantly that the US Department of Justice is investigating Lance Armstrong's bicycling team for performance-enhancing dru...
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Check out the chart in this very brief article....
Fund managers have become less concerned about commodity price inflation with the collapse of the market, and refocused their attention on the European sovereign debt crisis, according to the latest...
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Money managers are more bullish on global stocks this month than at any time in the past decade, according to a BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research survey.
A net 67 percent of respondents, who together manage $569 billion, had an “overweight” pos...
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Global Bond Growth Rate Decelerates to Pre-Crisis Levels: Credit Markets
By Sapna Maheshwari -
Jan 20, 2011 7:02 AM ET
The global bond market’s expansion is slowing for the first time since 2005 as governments withdraw stimulus and credit conditio...
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Hey, this guy sounds like a - gasp! - socialist! Seriously, sounds like Bernie has a good grasp of what's going on with the Fed...
After years of stonewalling by the Fed, the American people are finally learning the incredible and jaw-dropping detai...
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Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Split on Junk as Prices Soar: Credit Markets
By John Detrixhe - Sep 23, 2010 5:59 AM ET
Morgan Stanley says investors should buy the lowest-rated corporate debt, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. says stay away, underscorin...
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by Trader Joe Charlotte, NC (Stool Pigeons Wire) – Bank of America will take over GM at request of the US government. When asked, Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America stated, “We think that GM will be a good strategic fit for Bank of America. Along with our forced acquisitions of Countrywide and...
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