The Wall Street Journal – Firms Analyze Tweets to Gauge Stock Sentiment Ability to parse Twitter and other posts to discern subtle trends is a new frontier Every day, iSentium LLC, a little-known Florida-based technology company, analyzes one million tweets from traders, investors and market commentators to try to find out whether sentiment for a… Continue reading Using Twitter As A Sentiment Indicator
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The Wall Street Journal – Jobs Report: U.S. Payrolls Climb by 223,000 U.S. employers steadily added jobs in June, but wages were flat and the participation rate fell, suggesting pockets of weakness remain in the labor market. Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 223,000 in June, the Labor Department said Thursday. But revisions to the… Continue reading Employment In Pictures
Comment Jim Bianco was on CNBC yesterday with Rick Santelli discussing Greece. To listen to the interview, click on the image above. To view any of our recent interviews, click here. Zero Hedge – Jim Bianco Rages “The Recovery Ship Sailed”, Bashes Big Govt Believers, Slams Greek Risk ‘Deniers’ “Today is Day 1 of Year… Continue reading Discussing Greece
<Click on graphic for larger image> Bloomberg.com – This New Indicator Shows the U.S. Job Market Finally Heating Up Just how quickly is everyone’s paycheck growing? It’s one of the most important questions in the American job market right now, with only inconclusive answers derived from conflicting data so far. This week, a regional Federal… Continue reading Will This Become The Fed’s New Preferred Measure Of Wage Growth?
CNBC – Bill Gross: Here’s what could trigger a ‘run on the shadow banks’ Bill Gross thinks conditions are ripe for a significant liquidity crisis in the markets, and he points a finger at his old firm for its potential to be at the center of the storm. The conditions Gross cited for a market… Continue reading The Fed And Investors Disagree On Bond Market Liquidity
Charts of the Week Yesterday we assembled a collection of about 90 of our favorite long-term charts. To view the entire presentation, click on on the open button above. Below are the new charts we created for this presentation. <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart for larger image> <Click on chart… Continue reading Charts of the Week
<Click on chart for larger image> The New York Times – More Americans Are Renting, and Paying More, as Homeownership Falls “It’s more of a new normal,” said Robert J. Shiller, an economics professor at Yale University and a Nobel laureate. “We went through a wrenching experience with the biggest housing bubble and the biggest… Continue reading Rentals Remain On The Rise
IndieGogo – Greek Bailout Fund Let’s just get Greece sorted. All this dithering over Greece is getting boring. European ministers flexing their muscles and posturing over whether they can help the Greek people of not. Why don’t we the people just sort it instead? The European Union is home to 503 million people, if we… Continue reading Is This Greece’s Best Hope?
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Charts of the Week This week we assembled a collection of about 90 of our favorite long-term charts. To view the entire presentation, click on the open button above. For a quick look at the new charts we created for this presentation, click here. Please enjoy. Topics Covered This Week Include: Long Term Interest Rates… Continue reading Charts of the Week
The Wall Street Journal – Fresh Greek Bailout Proposals Fall Short of Creditors’ Demands Greece sent a new proposal for budget cuts and policy overhauls as part of a request for a new bailout, but it falls short of the demands of the country’s creditors, European officials said Wednesday. In the new letter sent to… Continue reading A Greek Exit Is Still Not Priced In