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March 2014 ISM Manufacturing Survey OK - Within Expectations
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Steven Hansen
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:44 AM EDT
The ISM Manufacturing survey for March 2014 indicated marginal manufacturing expansion. The New Orders sub-index which historically correlates to the economy also improved.
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The Most Important Trend For Big Oil Today
Market Commentary: Markets Gap Up On Opening, SP500 Bests Historical High
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Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:24 AM EDT
Premarkets were actually up again this morning by +0.20% and Asia is not looking very good, especially China with its second bond default
Is Uranium A Fool’s Investment?
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Casey Research
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:16 AM EDT
Uranium Participation Corp (U.TO) is trading higher than its Net Asset Value (NAV), which means the company as a whole is trading at a premium to what it would be worth if all the U3O8 and UF6 were sold at spot and distributed to shareholders.
Afghanistan In Ruins After 13 Year War & Billions Of Your Tax Dollars
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James Quinn
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 11:05 AM EDT
The US has been sending a stream of taxpayer's dollars into Afghanistan, claiming the money's needed to improve infrastructure and living conditions.
Gold’s ‘Yield Spread Fundamental’ Snapshot
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Gary Tanashian
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:56 AM EDT
Overall, while the gold/miners correction can continue in the very short term, yield spread status has a chance to become a positive divergence if they hold current levels as a bottom.
Worst. Recovery. Ever: Japan Regular Wages Decline For 21 Consecutive Months
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Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:46 AM EDT
Japan's economic farce has gotten so bad it is becoming painful to even discuss it: first, every newspaper writes effusive, extended articles about how after nearly two years of consecutive declines in base pay praising Abenomics
Moving Averages: Month-End Update
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Article By:
Doug Short
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:35 AM EDT
The S&P 500 closed February with a monthly gain of 0.69%. All three S&P 500 MAs and all five the Ivy Portfolio ETF MAs are signaling "Invested" based on the classic 10-month moving average implementation of the strategy.
Triple Top Tuesday – 3rd Times A Charm?
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Article By:
Phil Davis
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:28 AM EDT
This is our 3rd visit this year to 1,880 on the S&P and maybe this time will be different and, if so, we'll simply have to deploy some of our cash on some bullish plays.
February 2014 CoreLogic Home Prices Up 12.2% Year-Over-Year, Rate Of Growth Again Improved
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Steven Hansen
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:11 AM EDT
Econintersect: CoreLogic's Home Price Index (HPI) shows that home prices in the USA in February 2014 are up 12.2% year-over-year (reported up 0.8% month-over-month). The year-over-year growth rate was up from the 12.0% reported last month.
‘Abe Bliss’ Or Getting Poorer And Liking It
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Acting Man
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:01 AM EDT
No-one can accuse the Japanese of not having done everything the Keynesian playbook said they should do, and in spades.
Mixing And Matching Collateral In Dealer Banks
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Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:53 AM EDT
The failure or near-collapse of some of the largest dealer banks on Wall Street in 2008 highlighted the profound complexity of the industry.
Second Chinese Bond Company Defaults, First High Yield Bond Issuer
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Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:46 AM EDT
In the middle of 2012, to much yield chasing fanfare, China launched a private-placement market for high-yield bonds focusing on China's small and medium companies, that in a liquidity glutted world promptly found a bevy of willing buyers, mostly using other people's money.
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Robert Hare: What A Psychopathic Corporation Might Be Like
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Jesse's Cafe Americain
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:26 AM EDT
Dr. Robert Hare is describing what a psychopathic corporate culture might be like, not what all corporations are.
While The Mobile World Battles On The Software Front, HTC Looks To Hardware To Win
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Inneractive
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:21 AM EDT
An interesting trend to watch is the shift from hardware to the dominance of operating systems, apps, ecosystems, and software in general.