Archive for December, 2009:

Were It Not for the Fact that the BLS UI Claims Seasonal Adjustment Factor Has Been Overoptimistic the Last Two Christmases…

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...I would right now be optimistically predicting the return of seasonally-adjusted job growth to the U.S. economy by March: ... Read More »

Apple COO Tim Cook Said To Be A “Top Candidate” For GM CEO Job (AAPL, GM)

{ Posted on Dec 31 2009 by Nicholas Carlson }
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Apple COO Tim Cook is executive search firm Spencer Stuart's first choice for the open CEO spot at General Motors, a reader tells us. We have no idea whether this is true or not, but it makes sense.  Tim would be a ...Read More »

Chile ETF: Boosted by Copper and a Big Invitation

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Investors have been optimistic about Chile s exchange traded fund (ETF) this year, and they re not alone. The country s denizens are noticing the shift, too, as the Latin American nation moves from ...Read More »

2010 Resolution #4: Reduce My Entertainment and Hobby Spending by 50%

{ Posted on Dec 31 2009 by Trent }
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In an effort to talk about the power of goal-setting along with some methods of setting and achieving goals, I’m going to discuss my four resolutions for 2010 this week. In 2009, I really overspent on my hobbies. My board ...Read More »

1998 and 2008: A Comment on Simon Johnson

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Simon Johnson believes that the Obama administration is much more powerful than I do: Lessons Learned From The 1990s: In the 1990s, the Clinton Administration amassed a great deal of experience fighting financial crises around the world.... In a ...Read More »

‘Bank to the Stars’ Moves to Unhitch Its Wagon from the TARP

{ Posted on Dec 31 2009 by David Schepp }
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City National (CYN) has become the latest recipient of government bailout money seeking to repay funds it received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The Los Angeles-based bank said Wednesday that it has repurchased $200 million worth of the $400 ...Read More »

VisuWords: Online Graphical Dictionary

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Visuwords is is a visualization tool based upon Princeton University s WordNet.The online graphical database part dictionary, part thesaurus that groups words by their meanings and associations with other words ...Read More »

Trendy NYC Ladies Will Be Taking A Shot Every Time Someone Says “Goldman Sachs” Tonight

{ Posted on Dec 31 2009 by Courtney Comstock }
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Daily Candy, the style guide for with-it ladies, has come up with a drinking game for tonight. Take a swill whenever someone says Goldman Sachs. So if you want to see your fellow partiers get hammered, be sure to talk a lot ...Read More »

Is Our Tax System Helping Us Create Wealth?

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David Cay Johnston looks at changes in the tax burden for high income and lower income taxpayers since 1961. The bottom line: 90% of the population did not do well over this time period:Is Our Tax System Helping Us Create ...Read More »

Investing in 2010: Five Biotechs Under $5

{ Posted on Dec 31 2009 by Melly Alazraki }
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As the year ends with markets staging a remarkable nine-month recovery, posting what may be the best yearly gains since 2003, some investors' appetites for risk may increase. And there's no better place to find that risk-reward potential than in ...Read More »
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