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The Economic Effects on Finance, Investing, Social Interactions, and Politics
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Liquidity Risk, Liquidity Management, And Liquidity Policies
Monday, April 14, 2014 10:11 AM EDT
During the 2007-09 financial crisis, banks experienced widespread funding shortages, with shortfalls even hindering adequately capitalized banks. The Federal Reserve responded to the funding shortages by creating liquidity backstops to insulate the real economy from the banking sector’s liquidity crisis.
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Toyota Is The World Champion In Recalls
Monday, April 14, 2014 6:56 AM EDT
Toyota have just issued a massive worldwide recall of nearly 6.4 million vehicles.
In this article: VOW.F, GM, TM, NSANY
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Reasons For The Decline In Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
Monday, April 14, 2014 5:40 AM EDT
As a follow up to this post on recent trends in labor force participation, we look specifically at the prime-age group of 25- to 54-year-olds. The participation decisions of this age cohort are less affected by the aging population and the longer-term trend toward lower participation of youths because of rising school enrollment rates.
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Market Commentary: Averages Trim Some Morning Losses, Further Weakness Seen
Friday, April 11, 2014 7:20 PM EDT
Further weakness is foreseen, but water-falling is not being suggested.
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Crisis Chronicles: Not Worth A Continental—The Currency Crisis Of 1779 And Today’s European Debt Crisis
Friday, April 11, 2014 11:44 AM EDT
During the late 1770s, a newly founded United States began to run up significant debts to finance the American Revolution. With limited access to credit and little to no tax base, the Continental Congress issued the Continental to finance the war.
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The Pope's Economic Plan
Friday, April 11, 2014 9:20 AM EDT
Recently, Pope Francis released an 84-page document, known as an apostolic exhortation, called an Official Platform for his papacy by Reuters. Frankly, most of it is arcane religious doctrine and prescriptions to this atheist, but the pope's economic plan ought to be of interest to everyone.
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A Closer Look At Post-2007 Labor Force Participation Trends
Friday, April 11, 2014 8:01 AM EDT
The rate of labor force participation (the share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 16 and older in the labor force) has declined significantly since 2007. To what extent were the Great Recession and tepid recovery responsible?
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Using Options To Protect Profits
Friday, April 11, 2014 6:00 AM EDT
On April 2, 2014, the S&P 500 Index notched yet another all-time high, closing in on the 1900 mark (points, not the year). From the lows following the 2008-09 crash, the index has climbed by over 180%. It has exceeded the 2007 high by over 20% (in nominal terms).
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Solar Industry Grows 45% In 2013
Friday, April 11, 2014 5:11 AM EDT
In 2013, we observed that the total number permits issued for solar projects, increased by 45% over the previous year.
In this article: SCTY
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Ten Lessons We Must Learn From Charles Keating
Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:42 PM EDT
Charles Keating's fraud schemes and the manner in which they targeted our system’s vulnerabilities in an era before Citizens United made the corruption of politicians by fraudulent CEOs child’s play remain the play book for the world’s most destructive financial frauds.
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Market Commentary: Markets Open Down, But Flat And Directionless
Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:30 PM EDT
Premarkets were down -0.10% and opened the same way. The first few minutes after the opening bell were quiet, but slightly negative on low volume. By the 15 minute mark the markets made a run for the green, but were blocked by the bears.
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Finding Profits On The Final Frontier
Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:46 AM EDT
Looking for new growth opportunities in an overbought market? Look to the stars.When seeking aerospace plays, investors tend to focus on the commercial or military aircraft segments and ignore the satellite industry.
In this article: DGI, GOOG
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Are U.S. And Japanese Yields Coupled?
Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:54 AM EDT
Traders said the initial setback for the market came overnight from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said the central bank could reduce asset purchases in coming months if U.S. economic data improve.
In this article: 8301.JQ
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The Real Reason The Stock Market Is Rigged
Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:57 AM EDT
Everyone's talking about Michael Lewis' latest book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt and HFT (high-frequency trading) and whether the markets are rigged.
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Consumers Want Smartphones To Be Big Or Cheap
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8:30 PM EDT
This week an internal presentation slide came to the public attention, in which Apple concedes that consumers want what Apple currently doesn't have: smartphones that are either large (>4 inch) or cheap (<$300).
In this article: AAPL
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Hewlett-Packard Charged With Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:28 PM EDT
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay more than $108 million to settle the SEC’s charges and a parallel criminal case announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice.
In this article: HPQ
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