Month: February 2010

ADP Payrolls – Will We See a Positive Print On Friday?

The newest employment report showed an improving condition for the labor markets. Many are expecting that Friday’s non-farm payroll number will show a positive anywhere from +5,000 to + 25,000. A good chunk of this will come from the government hiring. Yes, the Census is expected to employ (temporarily) upwards...

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CNBC iPhone App – Once Again Squawking The Good Over Bad

Continuing with the theme that CNBC is the “silver lining” station of the financial media world. Earlier today, CNBC’s iPhone App provided me this pushed data, for which we thought was a good release… at least at first:

Then, we took a look at other sources and...

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Commodity Chartbook: Agriculture (DBA)

Below is one part of a series of charts that we watch related to commodities. We thought that we would provide a glimpse into some of the research and charts that we look at while assessing the economic climate.

From energy to metals, we believe that there is great importance in...

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Commodity Chartbook: Precious Metals (GLD) (SLV)

Below is one part of a series of charts that we watch related to commodities. We thought that we would provide a glimpse into some of the research and charts that we look at while assessing the economic climate.

From energy to metals, we believe that there is great importance in...

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Roubini is Bullish (JK!)

Did I say Bullish? That was not what I meant at all. In fact, he is pretty sour on the whole idea that the U.S economy is recovering. Unless words like dismal, poor and trouble mean something other these days.

No, Dr. Doom is still negative and why not…it pays! No...

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