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Is The Shine Finally Coming Off Apple?
Apple computers rose by more than 20% in a span of a little over a month last quarter to become the largest capitalized stock in the world. It had gotten so big that it
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Is Europe Finally Running Out Of Money?
There is an old joke. A banker, who is struggling, turns to his colleague and tells him that he has a solution to their problem “let’s borrow our way out of debt”. This time
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Will Warren Buffett’s Health Affect Berkshire
Tuesday Warren Buffett disclosed to investors that he has stage one prostate cancer. It is an early form of the disease and doctors have assured him that he will make a full recovery after
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Consumer Spending Drives The Market Higher Again!
The US Commerce department reported on Monday that retail sales remain high. In March they were up .8% over March of 2011. The news seemed to catch the market by surprise. After the selloff
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Is The Yuan Going To Be The Next Reserve Currency?
On Saturday the Bank of China made a move to allow the Yuan to become more competitive in the struggle to be the world’s next reserve currency. For the past decade the bank has
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Fed Faces An Interest Rate Dilemma As CPI Soars
The Fed is currently fighting a battle on two fronts, make sure that there is enough money in the system to promote the recovery from the great recession and at the same time keep
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Natural Gas Hits Ten Year Lows; Is The Bottom In?
Four years ago natural gas was the favorite of the investment world. Touted as one of the cleanest burning fuels it was felt that many of commercial fleets would be converted from oil to
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Bloomberg TV: Did The Option Market Spike The Bonds?
On Wednesday morning I was a guest on Bloomberg’s morning show, In Business with Margaret Brennan. The European markets had quieted overnight after the scare in Italy and Spain on Tuesday. New information had
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Stock Slide Extends To Five Days; Fear Makes A Comeback
Tuesday stocks took their biggest beating of the year and extended the losing streak to five sessions the longest losing streak in more than five months. The selloff initiated a “flight to quality” as
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