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Conseulo Mack’s WealthTrack – Interview with Jim Grant On this week’s Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, Financial Thought Leader James Grant explains why he believes the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies will wreak havoc on the economy...
<Click on graphic for larger image> Fundmastery (blog) – Gundlach, Treasury Bonds & QE II In a recent presentation, Jeffrey Gundlach, portfolio manager of DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund presented an interesting chart on U.S....
<Click on chart for larger image> Bloomberg.com – Budget Deficit in U.S. Increased to $188.2 Billion in March The U.S. government, on course to reach a record annual budget deficit, posted a monthly shortfall of $188.2 billion in March,...
Comment Today is officially the day when citizens of the United States have earned enough money to pay this year’s tax burden. Any money earned for the rest of the year will theoretically go into the pockets of the wage earners as opposed to...
CNBC – Steve Liesman: An Aggressive Fed? More of the Street Betting On It The survey found that about a third of the economists, fund managers and strategists who responded to the survey see the Fed hiking interest rates this year, double the...
Reuters – U.S. apartment vacancies fall in Q1, rents edge up Reis Inc’s quarterly report showed the vacancy rate dropped to 6.2 percent in the first three months of the year, down from 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter. It was the...
The Wall Street Journal – Investors Look for Clues in Fed Orations This year may turn out to be one with a whole lot of talk and a lot less action from the Federal Reserve. Fed officials have been an unusually vocal bunch lately, and that is...
<Click on picture for larger image> The New York Times – No to a New Tar Sands Pipeline Later this year, the State Department will decide whether to approve construction of a 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast...
Mutual Fund Flows Update Tables updated through February 28, 2011 with data released March 30, 2011. Comments on Stock Funds, Bond Funds and Hybrid Funds.
Real Time Economics (WSJ Blog) – Like The Phoenix, U.S. Finance Profits Soar Not too long ago, during the depths of the global crisis, the finance industry was on the brink of collapse. How times have changed. Friday’s revisions to U.S. gross...
Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: Why Is The Market Rallying? Why Is The Market Rallying? – 2 Did The G-7 Panic About The Carry Trade? Which Measure Do You Prefer: Core vs. Headline The Treasury Will Sell Its MBS Holdings Japan’s CDS Soars The PIIGS The Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Money… Continue reading Untitled
Commitments of Traders Update/Analysis Statistics cover the CoT report for March 15, 2011. Further charts and comments include: Federal Funds Futures: Large Speculators Liquidating Longs Australian Dollar Futures: Abrupt Price And Position Changes...