The market never could get the rebound rally from two weeks ago restarted last week. In fact, between Tuesday’s near -3% stumble and Friday’s 1.5% lull, the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) finished the week on the defensive more so than the
September 7, 2015
Whether it is due to thin holiday liquidity, due to the BOJ intervening just ahead of its usual time, because Japan’s “legendary” Twitter trader “CIS” just went bullish (again), because prime minister Abe just learned he would be reinstalled as
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101 The Federal Reserve Bank thinks about moving interest rates up – or doesn’t it? The NYT reports: Conservative activists who want the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates distributed chocolate coins in golden wrappers at the
Chinese Trade Balance During the session on Tuesday, the biggest economic announcement will be the Trade Balance numbers out of China, which gives is a general idea as to how the world’s economy is doing. After all, China is a
Billionaire investor George Soros, who is also Chairman of Soros Fund Management and author of The Crash of 2008, is well known for his theory on reflexivity, which broadly covers political, social, financial, and economic systems. Soros built upon this concept
Five years of austerity, higher taxes, deep cuts in public spending, record suicide rates, and homelessness beyond anyone’s worst forecasts… is it any wonder that, as Gallup reports, a majority of adults in the country – 55% – said in a poll
Reportedly, e-Commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN – Analyst Report) plans to add a restaurants division called Amazon Restaurants in order to expand its nascent food delivery service. The online retailer is reportedly going to recruit staff for the new division in Seattle and New
Both bulls and bears are examining wage growth for signs of incipient inflationary pressures. The current debate seems to assume that wages are completely determined by how much slack there is in the labor market and overall economy. Both conservatives
A top Microsoft official has reported that Windows 10 has been enjoying strong adoption. Future Windows 10 upgrades will be offered via the cloud. This will give Microsoft an excellent opportunity to cross-sell its existing cloud offerings. 123RF Microsoft’s (NASDASQ:MSFT) corporate
from the Atlanta Fed — this post authored by John Robertson A recent article by Jason Faberman and Alejandro Justiniano at the Chicago Fed shows that there is a strong relationship between quit rates – as a proxy for the pace of
