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Morning Run … November 10, 2009

Bryan Rich — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:02:24 +0000

Key News * Fitch: U.K. Most at Risk of AAA Downgrade (WSJ) * Europe’s industry slams China over currency (WSJ) * IEA Cuts 2030 Oil Demand Forecast on Economy, Climate Policy (Bloomberg) * Brussels to rebuke Greece over budget deficit (FT) The Event Agenda Morning Run-Down With the central bank events of last week behind us, the markets jumped back on the [...] Related posts:

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Martin Weiss — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:12:51 +0000

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Ex-Fed Governor Mishkin is an idiot

Mike Larson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:58 +0000

I’m sorry, I can’t make it any more plain than that. To argue that financial bubbles aren’t dangerous, and that the Fed shouldn’t try to combat them — which is what ex-Fed governor Frederic Mishkin just did in the Financial Times — is monumentally stupid. Can this guy be serious? Haven’t we seen what a [...] Related posts:

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Martin Weiss — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:39:22 +0000

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Wynn Resorts INITIATES a Dividend?

Nilus Mattive — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:02:03 +0000

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) just said it will pay a special cash dividend of $4 a share AND begin a $0.20 quarterly dividend in 2010. Now don’t get me wrong — I’m happy to see another company begin issuing shareholder payments. But I’m just a little surprised to see this announcement coming from a highly cyclical hotel [...] Related posts:

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Martin Weiss — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:11 +0000

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Martin Weiss — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:35:44 +0000

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October jobs down 190,000, unemployment hits 10.2%

Mike Larson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:39:24 +0000

The October jobs report was just released. It showed the economy losing 190,000 jobs last month, slightly worse than the -175,000 forecast. However, September’s job loss was revised to only -219,000 from -263,000, while August’s reading also improved to -154,000 from -201,000. The unemployment rate spiked to 10.2% from 9.8%, well above the 9.9% forecast of [...] Related posts:

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Martin Weiss — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:02:16 +0000

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Fed keeps “extended period” language, slightly cuts agency debt plan

Mike Larson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:25:59 +0000

The Federal Open Market Committee just released its latest interest rate decision and statement. Rates were left unchanged, as expected, at a range of 0% to 0.25%. The Fed also held onto its language pledging to keep rates low for an “extended period.” One minor surprise: The Fed said it would reduce the size of [...] Related posts:

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