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I say hilarious because the fine folks at Across the Street did a great job showing the increasing disparity between debt and income in the US: Source: Across the Street And here’s the full article: Understanding the National Debt (Sesame Street Edition) Hat tip Carson for sending this along.
Saw this cool new software product covered by TechCrunch over the weekend that scours the web to gauge media sentiment on a given stock. Very neat idea – as contrarians we’re always trying to be long when pessimism is high, and short when optimism is peaking. The Stock Sonar looks very intriguing as a potential […]
Superstar economist Steve Keen may not blog often as some other folks in finance – but when he does put something together, it’s usually awesome analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Steve’s latest post Deleveraging with a Twist takes a look at the latest deleveraging statistics in the US. He writes that the US is […]
One of the theme’s we’ve been harping on is that it’s going to be a long time before things get “back to normal” in the economy. In fact, the BEST case scenarios I can deem plausible involve a lost decade or so of economic growth – with the worst, of course, being a big uglier. […]
Common knowledge is that the American consumer is now doing what he or she must do to confront life in the “New Normal” – that is, paying down debt diligently. This perception, though, appears to be a bit “overrated” – especially if you look at things like, well, the actual data. The WSJ reports that […]
While individual investors are as bullish as they’ve been in over a year – no doubt buoyed by the price action of the S&P – the Fed appears to be quite worried about a host of things. You know – deflation, high unemployment, the moribund economy – stuff only a real worrywart would care about. […]
This is absolutely hysterical – Phil Davison, Republican candidate for Stark County Treasurer, goes absolutely nuts in his nomination speech: There are so many gems in this beauty, it’s unbelievable! In a sad post mortem, I read that Phil lost the nomination 🙁 Hard to believe – it’s a cruel, cruel world. But he’s welcome […]
When a CEO constantly bemoans the fact that his/her stock price is wildly undervalued by Wall Street – why don’t they just jack up the dividend, and/or buy back stock hand over fist? Intel’s Paul Otellini is constantly scratching his head about the lack of air under INTC’s price action – and he’s not alone […]
The AAII sentiment survey – an informal gauge of short term bullish/bearish/neutral sentiment amongst individual investors – has hit a 13-month high, with 50.89% of investors describing themselves as bullish. While not an extreme reading, it is worth noting, as this is one more data point that may indicate we’re in for at least a […]
Famed market forecaster Robert Prechter has been, over the last 15 years, pioneering research in a new field called Socionomics – a blending of “social mood” measurements, and economics. Prechter’s thesis is that the social mood of society rises and falls intrinsically, in wave-like patterns. During waves up, people feel good about life, and they bid up […]
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