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The negative news about the economy continues and yet the stock market has kept going up. This divergence reinforces one of the key lessons of active management, which is that the broader the financial instrument, the less predictable the movement … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, Investing, Market Recap, Market Trends
Tagged AAPL, Apple, Economy, Market Recap, Risk Tolerance
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Interest Rates and National Debt
The Federal Reserve has been under considerable pressure to provide details for just how it will control all the excess liquidity that it has created through quantitative easing. The Fed’s balance sheet, which can roughly be thought of as a … Continue reading
Corporate Earnings
As we head into the first quarter’s earnings season, 78% of companies have issued negative earnings preannouncements, the highest percentage of companies issuing negative earnings guidance since FactSet began tracking the data in Q1 2006. The chart above shows in … Continue reading
Posted in Earnings, Financial Crisis, Investing, Market Trends
Tagged Corporate Earnings, Guidance, Power and Money, Preannouncements
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Federal Reserve
It took the federal government around 200 years to accumulate a trillion dollars in debt. Within the following decade it tripled that number, then doubled it again in just twelve years, and doubled it again in another 8 years. Overall … Continue reading
Sequester Mania Ignores Other Warning Signs
On February 26th Lenore Hawkins joined Neil Cavuto to discuss the apoplectic fits of politicians and the media all over the country concerning the sequester, which represents a rather small decrease in the increase of government spending. Yes you read that … Continue reading
Lenore Hawkins and Neil Cavuto discuss the impending fiscal cliff
On November 30th, Lenore Hawkins joined Neil Cavuto to discuss the impending fiscal cliff and the increasing tensions between the White House and Congress.
Posted in Financial Crisis, National Debt, Taxes
Tagged Fiscal Cliff, Lenore Hawkins, Neil Cavuto
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How Derivatives Led to Economic Collapse Made Simple and Fun
I wish I could take credit for this level of entertaining insight, but I cannot. This was forwarded to me in an email that I just had to share. A Primer: Understanding Derivatives Heidi is the proprietor of a bar … Continue reading
Posted in Fed Policy, Financial Crisis, Unemployment
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Lenore joins Freedom Watch to discuss the nation’s debt
On December 16th, Lenore joined Judge Napolitano in studio for most of the hour to discuss a wide range of topics including the nation’s debt problems and the U.S. military. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Watch the latest video … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Financial Crisis, National Debt
Tagged Freedom Watch, Lenore Hawkins, Napolitano
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The Fall of Sacred Cows
As global events unfold, the underlying premises which have guided market participants’ reactions to bureaucratic actions are being put to the test and are coming up short. This is going to get a wee bit technical, but bear with me … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Financial Crisis, Macro Trends
Tagged eurozone, Lenore Hawkins, Sacred Cows, sovereign debt
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The New, New Normal
I’m fairly certain that when the G20 convened, many of the attendees believed that as a result of their high-minded meetings, some brilliant announcement would be given to the markets and once again the world would be deemed safe, at … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Financial Crisis
Tagged contagion, ECB, eurozone, Financial Crisis, G20, Lenore Hawkins
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