The global economy appears to be stabilizing according to a research report by the Goldman Sachs Global Economics team. To monitor whether economic data are indeed improving they have developed a simple diffusion index,...
Read MoreIn this video interview, courtesy of The McKinsey Quarterly, economist Robert Shiller discusses four aspects of the current crisis: regulating for financial innovation, reducing trust in models, redesigning institutions, and the...
Read MoreThe following interesting snippet comes courtesy of Bespoke: “The Manheim US Used Vehicle Value Index, which measures wholesale used vehicle prices, was up 8.27% in the first quarter of 2009.As shown in the first chart...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. Another stellar day for the markets on Thursday as up to down volume ratios on the NASDAQ and NYSE were 12.36 to 1 and 14.78 to 1 respectively, while their advance to...
Read MoreCommodity prices have started to recover since the massive commodity fund liquidations and inventory reductions at mine, refinery and final consumption levels, which in some instances gave rise to record stock levels of...
Read MoreFive in a row! Notwithstanding sentiment for equities waxing and waning for most of the Easter-shortened week, bourses closed strongly on Friday and capped a five-week winning streak – the first since October 2007 for the...
Read MoreEmerging markets are showing mature markets a clean pair of heels, as can be seen from the rising trend line of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index relative to the Dow Jones World Index since late October. The fact that developing...
Read MoreThe holiday-shortened week witnessed relatively few news and economic reports, but the major US stock indices nevertheless scored their first five-week stretch of gains since October 2007. A mixed bag of video clips...
Read MoreThe comments below were provided by Kevin Lane of Fusion IQ. Secular liquidity, a.k.a. buying power, as seen through the eyes of current individual investor allocations relative to historical norms, shows ample liquidity on the...
Read MoreThe reporting season for the first quarter’s earnings started on Tuesday with Alcoa kicking off the season with a loss of $497 million. For some perspective on the current earnings environment, Chart of the Day provided a...
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