Markets

Startling Clues In Dismal Wal-Mart/Target/Staples Sales Trend: Virtual Repeat of 2007-08 Plunge Into The Great Recession

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Total Y/Y Home Sales Down 7%, But Plunged 17% At Bottom (<$100k) While Up 7% At Top (>$1m)

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The Perverse Impact Of ZIRP: Old People Keep Working, Young People Live In Their Basement

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More On The Surge In Belgian Treasury Holdings: Another $ Collateral Scramble Brewing?

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Trickle-Down Wealth Effects Don’t Work: Faltering Growth After QE3&4 Prove It

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Deutsche Bank Goes For The Junk: How Fed/ECB Interest Rate Repression Gifts TBTF Banks

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The “Recovery” Fizzle Is Global—Even Fed Doves Like Rosengren Are Doubting Their Handiwork

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Behind The Noisy Numbers On Housing: Slumping Trend In SF Permits And Starts

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The Canary In The Greeter’s Aisle: No “Escape Velocity” At Wal-Mart

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Obama’s Hack Politician, Rep. Mel Watts, Already Gutting Mortgage Standards And Reviving Crony Capitalist Boondoggles At Freddie/Fannie

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