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    Brad Zigler

    By Brad Zigler | July 01, 2009 | 2:11 PM | 0 Comments

    Real-time Monetary Inflation (per annum): 8.5%Profit-taking in the New York Mercantile Exchange's August crude oil contract led to a lower close Tuesday, but the overnight session turned higher and... read more »

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    David Fry

    By David Fry | June 30, 2009 | 6:58 PM | 0 Comments

    Um, “worse than expected”? I guess that sums it up today as Consumer Confidence data was terrible.

    Stock price declines today were milder than expected given the news. But, silly me,... read more »

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    David Fry

    By David Fry | June 29, 2009 | 6:37 PM | 0 Comments

    I thought this deliberate end-of-month/quarter shenanigans were against the rules right? Oh, they don’t enforce this type of activity—never have, never will.

    Anyway, with volume... read more »

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    Bill Luby

    By Bill Luby | June 29, 2009 | 1:28 PM | 0 Comments

    While I have not mentioned it much on the blog, one of my favorite sectors to invest in is the energy sector. When it comes to energy ETFs, the 800 pound gorilla is (NYSE: XLE), the energy select... read more »

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    David Enke

    By David Enke | June 29, 2009 | 12:41 PM | 0 Comments

    Some investors in global and emerging market funds are starting to become nervous that such markets have risen too far, too fast (see Asian Investor article). After a nice run since early March,... read more »

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    Brad Zigler

    By Brad Zigler | June 26, 2009 | 2:25 PM | 0 Comments

    Real-time Monetary Inflation (per annum): 8.5% Two weeks ago, we pondered the odds of further gasoline price hikes (see "Playing The One-Armed Bandit Gas Pump"). In a nutshell, the odds... read more »

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    Ron Rowland

    By Ron Rowland | June 25, 2009 | 12:53 PM | 0 Comments

    They are not ETFs.  They are not ETNs.  They are MacroShares, and after today, they are gone.  Bye-bye MacroShares. Back on May 15, MacroMarkets announced that today, June 25, would be the last... read more »

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    Brad Zigler

    By Brad Zigler | June 24, 2009 | 2:55 PM | 2 Comments

    Real-time Monetary Inflation (per annum): 8.3% By the way traders took crude oil down $1.23 a barrel, or 1.8%, this week, you'd think there was too much oil sloshing about. Analysts, though, were... read more »

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    David Fry

    By David Fry | June 22, 2009 | 6:57 PM | 1 Comment

    The story is front and center: GS is reported (later denied) able to pay huge bonuses to employees this year. (Guardian story is here.) How can this happen especially now? TARP money to trade with... read more »

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    David Fry

    By David Fry | June 18, 2009 | 6:53 PM | 0 Comments

    I thought it might be entertaining at least but the show was a bust-a bore-a ramped, camped and dumped deal. Bull's got excited early with (ho hum) "better than expected" employment data... read more »

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