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  • Economic Recovery vs. Rising Unemployment

    This Thursday, all eyes will be on the 'advance' estimate of 3Q GDP, and most analysts expect it to be positive and confirm that the US economy emerged from the recession in the July-September quarter. Yet even if the GDP report is positive on Thursday, we all know that the unemployment rate (currently 9.8%) continues to rise and is likely to go up for at least several more months.

    If the government counted everyone who is unemployed, or is working part-time because they can't find a full-time job, the real US unemployment rate was 17% as of the end of September. So even if the recession 'officially' ended in the 3Q based on this Thursday's GDP report, this economy is far from out of the woods. And if the dollar continues to fall, even more dire consequences (ie - a double-dip recession) are likely to follow. It's a lot to cover in one letter, so let's get started.

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  • On The Economy & This Sideways Stock Market

    The latest stronger than expected GDP reports shows the economy is not in a recession, despite what the media and Hillary and Obama would have you believe. I will discuss last week's GDP report in detail below. We will also discuss why legendary Wall Street maven Peter Bernstein believes the stock markets may remain in a broad sideways pattern for several more years - that is not good news. But just in case Bernstein may be right, I revisit our old friends and professional money managers Potomac Fund Management and Niemann Capital Management and slice-and-dice their past performance as compared to the major market indexes. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised! Lastly, don't miss my "POLITICAL EXTRA" at the end....