Monthly Archives: February, 2013
America’s Businesses Not Feeling the Love
With the stock market soaring one would expect businesses to be exploding with optimism. Since the beginning of 2013 the S&P 500 is up...
Like a Rolling Stone
Japan’s stock market is up 9.3% this year (chart 1). But in US dollar terms it’s up only 0.6% (chart 2). As you can...
Investors Ride Shotgun in Bernanke’s Free Money Truck
With a strong start out of the gates in 2013, U.S. stocks have now almost fully recovered from the devastating 57% plunge during the...
Trade Pointing to Recession?
The BEA today released its report on the trade of goods and services into and out of the United States in the month of...
What We’re Reading 2-8-13
Those Misleading World Health Rankings, Sally Pipes, Wall Street Journal
Overheating in Credit Markets: Origins, Measurement, and Policy Responses, Jeremy Stein, Federal Reserve
Chinese Firms Shrug...