What’s Wrong With Goldman?

The bigger issue for Europe is Italy and Spain. These two are much bigger than Greece.
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Consumer Spending Rises


For the U.S. economy to sink back into recession, or for corporate profits to make a meaningful decline, consumer spending… Read more

Germany’s Weak GDP Adds to Global Uncertainty

Bad news from Germany this morning. Europe’s one economic bright spot reported lower than expected GDP growth for the second quarter.
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Mixed Economic Data

The stock market recovered from Wednesday’s sharp drop. The major indices traded higher for most of the day, before a late sell-off… Read more

Tech Market Heats Up: What

Congress and the Obama administration are at it again. Talks broke down over the weekend, which is a familiar development. The impasse… Read more

What We Can Learn from American Airlines (AMR)

Earnings season continued at a torrid pace, with large cap stocks beating on revenues and/or earnings per share. The EU finalized a… Read more

Why Companies Aren’t Hiring

China’s got a heck of a nerve. Yesterday, CNN reported that the Chinese government’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange published the following… Read more

Alcoa Doesn’t Blow It: Stocks Rally

Well, Alcoa (NYSE:AA) managed to meet on earnings, and beat on revenue. All in all, I’d say that’s pretty good. I’ll also… Read more

Can the EU Hold Out?

Over the weekend, new capital requirement rules for large banks were finalized. Known as Basel III, these rules will add as much… Read more

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