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March 2014 Chicago Purchasing Managers Barometer Under Expectations
Monday, March 31, 2014 12:34 PM EDT
Econintersect: The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fells 3.9 points, but remains in expansion territory. Employment component of the index fell sharply.
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Market Commentary: Markets Gap Up On Opening, Small Caps Up Over One Percent
Monday, March 31, 2014 11:29 AM EDT
Premarkets were up over +0.60% this morning and the DOW jumped to +0.71% at the opening. The opening volume was low, the $VIX fell to the highs 13's and the savvy investors were wondering how much longer this party was going to last.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Catching Up With Super-Fast Computerized Markets
Monday, March 31, 2014 10:44 AM EDT
In anticipation of Michael Lewis' new book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt (available April 1, 2014), GEI fuels your appetite for High Frequency Trading with this brief analysis. If you have any interaction with security markets, including most retirement accounts, then you have most likely been affected by HFT.
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Citi Fails Fed Stress Test
Sunday, March 30, 2014 2:20 PM EDT
Citigroup Inc.'s capital plan was among five that failed Federal Reserve stress tests, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bank of America Corp. passed only after reducing their requests for buybacks and dividends.
In this article: BAC, C, GS, HSBC, RBS, BSAC, ZION
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21 March 2014: ECRI's WLI Improvement Continues
Friday, March 28, 2014 3:11 PM EDT
ECRI's WLI Growth Index again improved marginally, and remains in positive territory.
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Crimea Situation: Potential Damage To Russian Economy
Friday, March 28, 2014 11:39 AM EDT
In response to the recent Russian invasion of Crimea, President Obama extended sanctions against Russia. The initial sanctions include blacklisting several wealthy businessmen who are close to President Putin and one of the country's major banks.
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Up, Blamed On USA Economic Strength
Friday, March 28, 2014 10:52 AM EDT
U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, as renewed optimism over the strength of the U.S. economic recovery supported equities, while markets still eyed the release of a U.S. report on consumer sentiment later in the day.
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Evolution In Bank Complexity
Friday, March 28, 2014 8:35 AM EDT
In yesterday’s post, our colleagues discussed the historic changes in financial sector size. Here, we tackle a related question on dynamics—how has bank complexity evolved through time?
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Studies Show We Only Need Renewable Energy
Friday, March 28, 2014 6:37 AM EDT
The big oil, gas, coal and nuclear companies claim that we need those energy sources in order to power America.
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Facebook-Oculus VR Is Tech’s Latest Billion-Dollar Deal
Friday, March 28, 2014 5:28 AM EDT
In the wake of Facebook’s $19 billion Whatsapp deal, Mark Zuckerberg has grabbed even more headlines with his acquisition of Oculus VR.
In this article: META
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Market Commentary: Markets Open In The Red, Remain Flat, Then Turned Green
Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:15 AM EDT
Premarkets were down ~0.12% on the average and made a dip when the it was reported the US Economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6% and US Jobless Benefits fell slightly.
In this article: DJXIF, GLD, SPY, VIX
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The Growth Of Murky Finance
Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:56 AM EDT
Building upon previous posts in this series that discussed individual banks, we examine the historical growth of the entire financial sector, relative to the rest of the economy.
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Market Commentary: Averages Stop Downward Melting Remain Mostly Mixed And Flat
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 4:06 PM EDT
The $VIX has remained in the high 13's and volume has occasional red and green spikes to keep worried investors on their toes.
In this article: DJXIF, SPY, SPX, VIX
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Higher Then Trend Lower On Positive Durable Data
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:35 AM EDT
Premarkets were up +0.45% and had a momentary +0.05% gain when the US Durable Goods for February came in at 2.2% versus the 0.8% expected and -1.3% prior, but fell back.
In this article: GLD, SPY, VIX
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Evidence From The Bond Market On Banks’ “Too-Big-to-Fail” Subsidy
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:22 AM EDT
The idea that some firms are too big to fail seems to have first appeared in connection with the financial difficulties that Lockheed Corporation ran into in 1975.
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A Break In The PGM Supply Chain
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:56 AM EDT
In the past two months, strikes in South Africa have crippled the top three platinum players, and knocked 40% off of expected global PGM (platinum group metals) output.
In this article: PGMFF
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