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| | By Lara Hoffmans, Forbes, 01/31/2012 |
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Folks often talk as if gridlock is a bad thing. Then, there’s House Resolution 29, which would immediately withdraw the US from NAFTA.
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New educational video answers common questions about the US’s outstanding debt
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| | By Lara Hoffmans, Forbes, 01/27/2012 |
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It’s an election year! At this stage, it’s impossible to handicap who wins. But one thing’s certain: Expect all candidates to keep repeating the tired “US manufacturing is dying” bromide.
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| | By Fisher Investments, iStockAnalyst, 01/23/2012 |
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As the US debt ceiling closes in on its 105th increase in 94 years, investors' concerns over the US's debt load are returning to the fore. But are these concerns well-founded? The answers to these three common questions may provide surprising insight.
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| | By Lara Hoffmans, Forbes, 01/20/2012 |
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Where are all the “January effect” headlines?
You know—all the “so goes January goes the year” stories”? Sometimes folks just focus on the first five days: “So goes the first five days goes the month goes the year.” Because if you believed in this “effect” you ought to be bullish. Which is perhaps why, in general, those who believe most in this myth are whistling and looking a different direction.
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New research graphic answers three key questions about America’s debt.
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| | By Lara Hoffmans, Forbes, 01/09/2012 |
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Did you know the US is about to raise the debt ceiling? For the 105th time?
Seems odd another increase is quietly pending since the penultimate increase (that’s right, there was one after that) in August last was preceded by a solid two months of political histrionics, name-calling and hyperbole. Then S&P downgraded the US!
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| | By Caroline Valetkevitch, Reuters, 01/06/2012 |
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Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.
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| | By Joseph A. Giannone and Jessica Toonkel, Reuters, 01/05/2012 |
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With the new year comes a new round of bold predictions for financial markets.
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| | By Ken Fisher, Forbes, 01/03/2012 |
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I’m recently back from three weeks traveling in Europe. The trip has given me better perspective on the market’s current obsession—the troubled euro zone. To put it bluntly, I say, give ’em the finger—the Italian Finger, that is.
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