The Economy

  

The Yen is on Fire; and Gold/Silver Continue their Breakout fundmymutualfund.com - Dec 17, 2008   about  KGC, SLW, FXY and 2 moreFXE, DGP We kept wondering the past 4-5 months when the dollar would end its head scratching rally - last week we wrote that signs of "the" shift were finally afoot, but we wanted to wait a bit longer to see confirmation. [Dec 11: Dollar v Gold - Can we Trust this Change?] These signs continue and at this p... add a comment   |

The Green House tbm.thebigmoney.com - Dec 17, 2008   For President-elect Barack Obama, the sagging economy is the gift that keeps on giving. First, it helped get him elected. Now it's giving him a mandate to spend more than he ever could under normal circumstances. read more add a comment   |

OPEC may trump deflation bloggingstocks.com - Dec 17, 2008   Filed under: Oil, RecessionWith the CPI dropping and the cost of fuel moving down 17% last month, analysts are concerned that deflation will start to undermine the ability of businesses to get profitable sales and for the housing market to recover its ability to stage a price recovery. OPEC may chan... add a comment   |

Video: Economic Expectations: Fed Becoming Lender of Last Resort for the Broad Economy Bloomberg - Dec 17, 2008   Part 3 on How to Fix the Economy in 2009: Interview with Merrill Lynch Chief Economist David Rosenberg add a comment   |

Trade Deficit Grows, Despite Record Decline in Oil Prices moneymorning.com - Dec 11, 2008   By Jason Simpkins Associate Editor Money Morning The U.S. trade deficit grew in October as both the volume of oil exports and our trade deficit with China surged to a record highs. A ... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. M... add a comment   |

Get ready for the final rate cut - will it matter? money.cnn.com - Dec 11, 2008   Will the 10th time be the charm for Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve? add a comment   |

Moratoriums reduce foreclosure filings by 7% -- at least temporarily bloggingstocks.com - Dec 11, 2008   about  FNM, FRE Filed under: Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Housing, Recession, Financial CrisisFinally, some good news for the holidays, but as always these day, with grain of salt. Foreclosure filings dropped 7% in November from the previous month according to RealtyTrac. That's one in every 488 households nationwide.... add a comment   |

Foreclosures to rise 125% by 2010; jobless claims at 26 year high bloggingstocks.com - Dec 11, 2008   Filed under: Economic data, Housing, Financial CrisisThe deflation drumbeat continues. As prices drop, businesses produce less and they cut the people doing the producing. With the exception of stocks and oil, it seems that nowhere are prices falling faster than in houses -- slashing $10 trillion in... add a comment   |

The latest victim of the 'Charlie Brown Christmas' bloggingstocks.com - Dec 11, 2008   about  ERTS, ATVI Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, Newsletters, Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI), Stocks to SellWith two young children I am reacquainting myself with the holiday cartoon classics. One of my favorites is A Charlie Brown Christmas, where Charlie is ridiculed for the half-dead tree... add a comment   |

A Layaway Economy? clusterstock.alleyinsider.com - Dec 10, 2008   How much of consumer purchases this season will be made on layaway plans? The layaway concept largely faded from view as the public used credit cards and home equity to fuel consumer demand. But Google searches imply that interest in layaway purchase plans has skyrocketed as our economic conditions... add a comment   |

Best Case Scenario: Everything Gets Better In Six Months alleyinsider.com - Dec 08, 2008   In today's paper, the New York Times took a turn playing CNBC's favorite game show -- Call! That! Bottom! -- and came up with the usual murky results. The best case scenario is that November's job losses are the worst we'll see. If that's truly the case -- and who knows? -- we'll all be able to clos... add a comment   |

Obama's infrastructure spending program, largest since 1950s, could jump-start U.S. GDP bloggingstocks.com - Dec 08, 2008   Filed under: Forecasts, Politics, Recession, Financial CrisisThe key feature in President-elect Barack Obama's proposed infrastructure spending program? Construction and renovation projects must be initiated now, and in the immediate months ahead, in order to provide as much stimulus to the U.S. eco... add a comment   |

Re-defaults portfolio.com - Dec 08, 2008   The word of the day is re-default: Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan said today that new data shows that more than half of loans modified in the first quarter of 2008 fell delinquent within six months... A key question, Mr. Dugan said, is why is the number of re-defaults so high? "Is... add a comment   |

Thesis vs Reality: More than Half of Homeowners with Modified Loans are Back in Trouble fundmymutualfund.com - Dec 08, 2008   This story is exactly why it's so tricky to be an investor. The great hope now is 4.5% mortgage rates for all, modifying loans for all, and we can get this American engine of consumption back on its tracks. That's thesis. Reality is millions now live in underwater homes (they owe more than the v... add a comment   |

How about during the next economic boom foreigners buy U.S. products? bloggingstocks.com - Dec 08, 2008   Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Other issues, RecessionDo you remember 'decoupling' -- the notion that emerging market economies China, India, and Brazil / Latin America, among others, could grow independently without needing U.S. consumption?Well, decoupling is on pace to to go down... add a comment   |

Will tumbling mortgage rates help the economy? bloggingstocks.com - Nov 26, 2008   about  FNM, FRE Filed under: Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Housing, Financial CrisisDespite cutting the Fed Funds rate from 5.25% to 1% since August 2007, mortgage rates remained stubbornly high. They also remained elevated after the $800 billion bailout of Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). It finally... add a comment   |

U.S. new home sales fall 5.3% in October to lowest level since 1991 bloggingstocks.com - Nov 26, 2008   Filed under: Forecasts, Housing, RecessionU.S. new home sales fell 5.3% to a seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of 433,000 in October -- the lowest annualized level since 1991, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Wednesday (pdf). Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News had expected October new ho... add a comment   |

The Fairness Issue: How to Cope with the Flood of Foreclosures knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu - Nov 26, 2008   Is the cavalry coming to rescue troubled homeowners? Despite soaring foreclosure rates, President Bush and other Republicans have not made this a top priority. But this could soon change: President-elect Barak Obama and fellow Democrats say reducing foreclosures is crucial to attacking the financial... add a comment   |

View from Mexico: A 'Longer and More Complicated Recession' Lies Ahead for the U.S. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu - Nov 26, 2008   Most Americans aren't used to dealing with financial panics. The same can't be said for Mexico, whose emerging economy suffered calamitous shocks as recently as the 1990s. Pedro Aspe, Mexico's Secretary of Finance from 1988 to 1994, brought a perspective born of experience to his recent Wharton Lead... add a comment   |

Jeremy Siegel's Advice to Banks: Lend That Money Now knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu - Nov 26, 2008   Before the stock market and the broader economy can return to something that looks like normal, banks must start to lend the billions they are getting from the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Recovery Program, said Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, he al... add a comment   |

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