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I just wanted to add some color to my recent post regarding why the NYSE TRIN indicator might be broken
Reader Brian adds a very interesting perspective, indicating that he’s watched TRIN and C side by side and has seen a…
Over the weekend we experienced our first time with the scourge of living in the West – an out-of-control forest fire 15 miles south of our home. While danger is low that we’ll be directly impacted by the fire, it reminds…
Note: Any reading below 100 shows contraction for this index.
From the National Restaurant Association (NRA): Restaurant Industry Outlook Remained Uncertain In June as Restaurant Performance Index Declined for Second Consecutive Month
The outlook for the restaurant industry improved somewhat in July,…
The first thing anyone learns from Pietra Rivoli’s The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade is how pernicious the U.S. subsidy of its cotton industry is.* Now the…
Marketing Charts submits:
For the second quarter of 2009, total newspaper ad sales fell 29% to $6.8 billion, down from $9.6 billion last year, according to Q2 figures released by the Newspaper Association of America.
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The spread at left is to be consumed by a UBS analyst by the end of the day. Given that it represents only one of each item in the vending machine, and he has from the opening bell all the…
Chris Dodd may have put pressure on the Fed to aid a troubled mortgage servicer.
Forbes is reporting that the Senator from Connecticut helped Carrington Mortgage by sending a letter to the Federal Reserve urging easier terms for mortgage servicers taking…
Jessica Johnson submits:
The Average % Lent score across North American large and mid cap equities decreased -2.26% to 1.22. The Average % Lent score across European large and mid cap equities decreased 1.65% to 0.74. The Average % Lent score across…
Goldman Sachs: The Firm Everyone Loves to Hate
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