Weekly Unemployment Claims at 428K: Higher Than Forecast … Again

Sep 15, 2011 Doug Short  The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. Today’s 428,000 keeps us above the 400K level, where it has been for 22 of the last 23 weeks. The less volatile and closely wa

Inflation Watch: Headline CPI Hotter Than Expected … Again

Sep 15, 2011 Doug Short  The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI data for August this morning. Year-over-year Headline CPI came in at 3.77%, which the BLS rounds to 3.8%, up from 3.63% last month. Year-over year-Core CPI came in at

Philly Fed Business Outlook Survey: "Continuing to Contract"

Sep 15, 2011 Doug Short  The Philly Fed’s Business Outlook Survey is a monthly report for the Third Federal Reserve District, covers eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. Although it is a regional report, it gives a gener

Central Banks Step In; Gold, Silver Step Down

NovaGold Resources, Coeur D’Alene Mines among miners taking a beating during early Thursday trading.
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Munch On a Buffalo Wild Wings Options Play

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Let Broadcom Chip in With Building Your Portfolio

Fast growth, beating expectations, solid financial condition and investments for the future bode well for BRCM.
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Not Enough Liquidity?

In an unexpected move the ECB’s Governing Council has decided, in coordination with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, to conduct three U.S. dollar liquidity-providing operations with a maturity of approximately three months covering the end of the year.  These new dollar operations will be

Did Fannie Just Bailout Bank Of America?

Video – Reason Foundation’s Anthony Randazzo on the Alyona Show – Sep. 14, 2011
We covered this story last month in detail here:

Bank Of America’s Backdoor Bailout – Dumping Mortgage Trash Onto Taxpayers Via Fannie Mae

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Bed Bath & Beyond Set for Usual Earnings Pop

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Mortgage Rates Set Another Record Low, Housing Still Weak

Freddie Mac’s measure of the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate came in at 4.09%, a fresh record.
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