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Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Do the markets hate Obama?


A number of pundits claim that every time the president or his administration makes a major economic announcement the Dow takes a dive. In this guest post, Paul Kedrosky asks whether these events are actually related and examines the assertion by going deep inside the numbers.

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Saturday, February 28th, 2009

Deflation still unlikely, but mind the risks


This guest post by Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley provides a useful update on some of the factors influencing the inflation/deflation debate.

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Friday, February 27th, 2009

Video-o-rama: Let’s move beyond the “N” word


While the stock market indices are floundering with multi-year lows, “nationalization” was the key word spooking investor sentiment during the past few days. Also on the video front, “hot-under-the-collar” discussions took place on whether or not to nationalize US banks. Some of the week’s more interesting video clips are shared in this post.

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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Jeremy Grantham: Beware of terminal paralysis


As the stock market indices are flirting with key charting levels and we are waiting for Mr Market to show his hand, it is useful to get an update on the outlook from Jeremy Grantham. His latest thinking has just been reported in an interview with CNN Money as quoted in this post.

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