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by Playaguy The official Bureau of Labor Department statistics show that the median earnings of full-time female workers is 77 percent of the median earnings of full-time male workers. But … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER You can see from the charts how depressed this cycle has been, and how housing has stalled out overall for the last few years, and all with … Read more
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Reports by Challenger, a global outplacement and business firm, shows record CEO churn and growing corporate layoffs. Overall Layoffs a Growing Concern The August Challenger … Read more
From Gallup: After hitting a new high last month, mentions of immigration as the most important problem facing the U.S. increased further to 27% in July. Since Gallup began regularly recording … Read more
via Kevin C. Smith, CFA: The market is being propped up by a narrowing group of leaders. Not a good omen. The deteriorating breadth is most evident in the NASDAQ … Read more
via mishtalk: There is little to like in today’s residential sales report. New home sales dove 7.8% overall and prices also fell 8.1%. Economists expected a rebound in housing this month … Read more
I’ve followed her for a while and she’s really sharp, definitely knows her stuff. I think she maybe onto something with regards to the overall grand strategy Lighthizer has put … Read more
Most S&P 500 firms repurchase some shares though 10 firms made up 31% of all buybacks in 2018, Goldman has calculated. Apple has spent $74bn on share buybacks, 2.5 times … Read more
FWIW – This feels like a much better proxy for overall American mood than the nominal indices. pic.twitter.com/ZEFi1AzvDB — Peter Atwater (@Peter_Atwater) January 4, 2019 S&P liquidity has been trash … Read more
Guest post by thinkofanamefast Market profit margin ratios are around 10% vs perhaps 7% historically. Combined with PEs being high (although Birnyi associates has 17 for 1 year forward (not … Read more
