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David Rosenberg: Canadian Inflation a Non-Event
CANADIAN INFLATION A NON-EVENT The headline inflation rate did tick up to 1.9% YoY from 1.3% in December…
February 19, 2010
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
David Rosenberg: "My Take on the Fed"
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING The U.S. consumer price data is hot off the press and while the headline…
February 19, 2010
Art Cashin's Morning Musings (2/19/10)
Art Cashin's early morning thoughts, via UBS Fin Services Stocks Sleepwalk Into Resistance As Gold Stalls – Stocks…
February 19, 2010
Rosenberg's Take On The Discount Rate Hike (CNBC)
David Rosenberg, and several other economists, as well as Steve Liesman, share their first perspectives on the sudden…
February 18, 2010
Fed Begins Tightening Process: Discount Rate Raised To 0.75% From 0.5%, Dollar Surges, Curve Pancakes
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. Will the Steepener/Carry Trade/Long Stock bandwagon please proceed…
February 18, 2010
IMF Gold Sales v. the Alchemy of Gold Futures – What’s the Impact on Gold Prices?
This article is a guest contribution by J.S. Kim, of SmartKnowledgeU™. The recently announced IMF sale of 191.3…
February 18, 2010
Matt Taibbi: Wall Street's Bailout Hustle - "The best 18 months of grifting this country has ever seen"
Rolling Stone Mag's Matt Taibbi strikes Again, in Wall Street's Bailout Hustle. On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left…
February 18, 2010
Deleveraging Through... Deflation? Has Ending QE Been The Ulterior Motive All Along? Andrew Smithers Thinks So
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. Confused by recent proclamations by Hoenig, Plosser, and…
February 17, 2010
Presenting Total Bank Assets As A Percentage Of Host Countries' GDP
This article is a guest contribution by Tyler Durden, ZeroHedge.com. With the threat of sovereign default and contagion…
February 17, 2010
China Cuts Its Holdings in Treasuries?
It appears that China is doing its best to keep the dollar from strengthening, employing a strategy of…
February 16, 2010
Index Summary and Domestic Equity Market (week ending 2/15/2010)
Index Summary The major market indices were higher this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index rose 0.87 percent.…
February 15, 2010
The Economy and Bond Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
The Economy and Bond Market Treasury yields moved higher this week on the back of large Treasury auctions…
February 15, 2010
Gold Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Gold Market For the week, spot gold closed at $1,093.38 per ounce up $27.08 or 2.54 percent. Gold…
February 15, 2010
Energy and Natural Resources Market Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Inflows into commodity index tracking funds were strong in January after some slippage…
February 15, 2010
Emerging Markets Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010)
Emerging Markets Highlights (week ending 2/15/2010) Strengths China’s passenger car sales continued to surge by 113 percent in…
February 15, 2010