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Most of the unemployed no longer receive aid

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Most of the unemployed no longer receive aid
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
The Associated Press
Updated Nov 5, 2011 11:16PM

Washington • The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America’s unemployed are no longer …

France warns on growth as Moody’s starts probe

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The Associated Press October 18, 2011, 7:41AM ET text size: TT
France warns on growth as Moody’s starts probe
By ANGELA CHARLTON

France’s economic growth next year may be lower than estimated, the finance minister warned Tuesday, after a leading agenc…

Rare piece of moon rock for $1.7 million

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Calif. woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by an undercover NASA agent, officials said Friday.

By ROBERT JABLON,
Associated Press Robert Jablon,
Associated Press – Sat May 21, 1:40 pm ET

LOS ANGELES – She promised the moon, for a sky-high …

Get Ready for the Coming Bond Market Bloodbath

Janet Yellen has now confirmed that the Treasury will run out of money in October, as we already knew from our tracking of the data. Congress will be forced to raise the debt ceiling. Treasury supply will mushroom at the same time as the Fed begins to cut its market support operations. The RRP slush fund will affect the timing of the coming disaster. But we know its coming and we have a good idea of when.

Meanwhile the BLS has fomented a completely false picture of inflation. I explain that in this report. It’s blatant.

Constructive Signs for Gold Digging

The cycle picture is hazy. The table at left (subscriber version) is my best guess. A short term low is due, but at a lower projection. The would-be 13-17 week cycle up phase has gone nowhere, despite a new projection that points higher. If it doesn’t get out of this range soon, it would suggest the possibility of a wicked down phase ahead. If the price holds above the May-August downtrend line as shown on this chart (subscriber version), that would be constructive

Lots of Sell Signals Again From Friday’s Swing Trade Screen

Including 5 holdovers from last week, there are now 13 open picks on the list, all longs.

Nothing Has Happened Yet

From a time perspective, the 10-12 month cycle ideally should be in a top phase. But it surpassed its last cycle projection of 4440 so it is probably in trending mode. Both the 6 month cycle and the 13 week cycles appear to be trending.

Useless Banking Indicators Except for One Giant Red Flag

I started to wonder how the banking indicators were looking lately. I’ve looked at the charts this morning. In updating this for you, I’ve again attempted to minimize the verbiage here. The charts are bad enough.