As long-time readers know, I get a large volume of research sent my way. I can't get to all of it every week, but I really do try. And today's Outside the Box, from a new (to me) source, hooked me from the first few paragraphs. Correlation is not causation, as we all know. That brings us to the...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. September Could Bring Trouble for the Markets 2. The Economy Sends Mixed Signals in August 3. Where Does the US Economy Go From Here? 4. Bernanke’s Jackson Hole Speech – Mixed Signals 5. My Thoughts on the Republican Convention 6. “2016: Obama’s America”...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Operation Twist Extended Until Year-end 2. Fed Revises Economic Forecasts Lower 3. The End of the Road for Europe? 4. Foreign Holdings of US Debt Hit Record High 5. Supreme Court Defers ObamaCare Decision to Thursday Operation Twist Extended Until Year-end For the last several months...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Bond Auctions in Spain and France Just OK 2. Fears Rise That the US Economy is Faltering 3. Fed: Is QE3 Really Off The Table? 4. 5.4 Million Join Disability Rolls Under Obama Overview Economic reports in recent weeks have been disappointing overall, and there are growing concerns that...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Fed May Be Rethinking QE3 2. Timing: This is a Big Political Year 3. ECB Bailout Loans Top Three Trillion Euros! 4. Greece Avoids Ugly Default – For Now 5. When Does the Debt Day of Reckoning Come? Fed May Be Rethinking QE3 Even before the latest report showing that 4Q GDP rose...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Obama’s Jobs Speech – Good, Bad or Ugly? 2. Obama Jobs Plan is a Political Strategy 3. The Latest Economic Reports Bad Overall 4. Blue Chip Economic Indicators for September 5. Fed’s Next Policy Course Is Still Uncertain 6. Introducing my new Gary D. Halbert BLOG Introduction Once again...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Bernanke’s Speech at Jackson Hole 2. The Economy Continues to Disappoint 3. Has the CBO Become Irrelevant? 4. Welcome to Stagflation 5. Stock Market Mayhem! Introduction We touch on several bases in today’s letter. We begin with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s key speech...
In This Issue: The Economy, The Economy, The Economy The Poor Numbers Don’t Fit What We See There Is No Shortage Of Cash Confidence Is Everything All Eyes Are On The Fed Inflation Is Baaaaaack Many Excellent Stocks Are Oversold The Bottom Line This Month In our last issue we wrote that stocks were...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Obama’s SOTU Criticized by Washington Post 2. Why the $800+ Billion Stimulus Didn’t Work 3. CBO Says Deficit Will Hit $1.5 Trillion in 2011 4. Some New Hawkish Faces at the Fed Introduction This week we will touch several bases. While President Obama’s State of the...
IN THIS ISSUE: 1. The Latest on the Economy 2. Fed Holds Steady, QE2 to Continue 3. Will Commodities Rise More in 2011? 4. Lame Ducks Go For Broke (Literally) The Latest on the Economy Most economic reports over the last couple of weeks have been encouraging. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment...
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