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In order to gain some long-term perspective of the magnitude of the movements of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Chart of the Day provided an inflation-adjusted graph dating back to 1925.
The following observations are of particular...
Thanksgiving is upon us and we have much to be grateful for this year. While it has been challenging at times it has also been rich in an abundance of things for which we can be thankful.
Talking of which, Bespoke reports that since Thanksgiving...
In a short post yesterday, I shared Richard Russell’s (Dow Theory Letters) take on whether one should buy gold when the metal is obviously extremely overbought.
The up-trend in gold is off course well established with the price having closed higher at...
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy.
• Palash Ghosh (The Wall Street Journal): US, overseas stock correlation too strong to last, November 24, 2009.
The...
The post below is a guest contribution by friend Paul Kedrosky, writer of the Infectious Greed blog.
“Does the Obama Administration have less business experience? According to some semi-whimsical (I think) research in a new JP Morgan report that would...
A video production by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation explains why Washington’s healthcare proposals will result in bloated government and higher deficits. This mini-documentary discusses the inaccuracy of congressional forecasts and...
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