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- “None of us really understands what’s going on with all of these numbers.” –David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget
- Forced Hands
- Spend, Spend, Spend!
- Financial Gearing
- Bearing the Burden
- Got a Dime?
- Economics and Politics
- It's Hardly 1929
- Epic Deleverage
- Financial Crisis Creates Opportunity
- WaMu Failure Marks (Un)Lucky 13
- What's a Few More Billion?
- Bailouts Burn Investors
- Continued Signs of Weakness
- GDP is a Mixed Blessing
- GSEs Still in Trouble
- Ho-Hum Numbers
- HELOC Headaches
- Automakers Still in Trouble
- Who’s Got Financial Wherewithal?
- Legislators and Regulators
- Jobs Feint
- Brutal First Half
- US Equities Plummeted this Week as Analysts Downgrade Financials.
- Financials Still Weighing on Markets
- Fuel Price Woes
The public has long shunned economic data as too dull and academic, preferring to leave its interpretation to their financial advisors and focus their attention on the performance of individual stocks within their portfolios. However, as more and more investors decide to take their financial futures into their own hands, they also shoulder the cumbersome task of keeping apprised of the latest economic trends and developments.
Each week government agencies and industry trade groups issue rafts of data on the health of the economy at large and the prospects for specific industries or sectors. Needless to say, sifting through this welter of information can be quite a chore—never mind piecing together the larger picture and determining its ramifications for your own investments and bottom line.
Thankfully, you no longer need to cull the financial pages for the latest market developments or economic data on inflation, employment, manufacturing, consumer confidence and mortgage activity. In his free e-zine Friday Market Wrapup, Benjamin Shepherd provides you with a tidy digest of the week’s most newsworthy events and statistical releases, while analyzing the markets’ biggest movers and explaining the implications for individual investors.
Wondering what the University of Michigan’s consumer confidence survey, in conjunction with business inventory data released by the Commerce Department, reveals about the direction of the economy? What do the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) tell us? Should we take Labor Department’s latest unemployment statistics at face value, or are there mitigating circumstances this week? Why will the coming months be a good time to buy a car, but not to invest in automakers?
In each edition of Friday Market Wrapup, Ben breaks down everything you need to know to stay on top of current trends as well as where the market may be headed.
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