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<title><![CDATA[The Dog Days of Summer for the S&P: Revisiting Predictions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of August 2010, we used our model of the S&amp;P 500 to make three predictions of where stock prices would go during the month.  We predicted:  The level the S&amp;P 500 would average in the early part of the month (1123-1175).The average level of stock prices to which the S&amp;P 500 would go next (1074-1127).The change in the year-over-year growth rate of stock prices that woul<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our June Market Forecast Project]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:12:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Money managers are always looking for an advantage to help them better understand the market and get an edge in their stock selection process. The Applied Finance Group's (AFG&rsquo;s) Market Forecast Project &#40;MFP&#41; has served that purpose for over 300 investment professionals that participate, and it continues to grow. In our 11th issue of the MFP we have identified the favorite long and <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[England vs. France: Gilts to Score in Final Minute...]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:12:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At the request of one of our readers,  and with the UK Budget announcement tomorrow, we thought today was as  good a day as any to do a piece on the UK's credit rating.A popular  view, at least until the UK election, was that the UK would get  downgraded, as its budget deficit of 11% rivaled that of Greece. It was also hypothesized that  the cost of bailing out the financial system would lead to <br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Values Likely Headed Down to New Lows]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:08:33 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A bubble is an extremely dynamic market phenomenon that has its own set of behavioral characteristics rooted in the human psyche.  Emotions such as hope and euphoria drive prices to absurd highs, and then fear and despair drive them to extreme lows after the bubble has imploded.  The equilibrium between supply and demand that exists in a normally functioning marketplace becomes equally distorted,<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Merkley-Levin a Joke?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 09:18:18 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Economics of Contempt argues that statutes  that put a ban on proprietary trading at  banks and bank holding companies must leave considerable discretionary  power to  regulators, attempts to be more specific end up creating more loopholes  than  they close:  Merkley-Levin Is a Joke, by Economics of Contempt: The  Merkley-Levin Amendment (SA 3931) is a version of the Volcker Rule.  The  Volcker R<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Morning Report: Futures Rebound as Asia Declines]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=morning-report-futures-rebound-as-asia-declines</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 09:18:18 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By Bryan McCormick A very interesting divergence between Asian and European markets  reached  an extreme last night.<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[7 IPOs Expected to Price This Week]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:59:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Express (EXPR), a limited Brands' specialty retailer targeting young men and women, plans to raise $304 million by offering 16,000,000 at a price range of $18.00 to $20.00. At the mid-point of the proposed range, Express will command a market value of $1,685.98 million. Express, which was founded in 1980, booked $1,721 million in sales over the last 12 months. The Columbus, OH-based company plans<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Once Again, Markets Rally on Government Rescue]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:59:49 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Publishing my weekly newsletter  on Sunday should offer some clear advantages. Normally, the weekend provides time for both inspection and preparation. Allowing the markets to settle, we can examine the week that was, analyze key events scheduled to occur over coming days, and create a strategy independent of the market's noise. Now is not a normal time. Following a brutal week in which the Dow J<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Prices Fall in Major Cities]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:40:53 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[More than half the cities in the Case&ndash;Shiller 20-city composite index saw year-over-year declines in house prices for the Dec/Jan/Feb time period. This news identifies further weakness in housing markets, indicating that, even with government supports, home prices are not sustainable. During the Dec/Jan/Feb timeframe, home prices declined in 19 of the 20 cities in the 20-city composite. The<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberty Property Trust Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:40:53 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Liberty Property Trust (LRY)Q1 2010 Earnings CallApril 26, 2010 1:00 pm ET<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimistic March for Pessimistic Hedge Fund Index]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=optimistic-march-for-pessimistic-hedge-fund-index</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:04:33 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even the best month for the hedge fund industry can be put into a bad  light by the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index. But even that most pessimistic of  benchmarks posted strong returns in March, rising 2.12%. Long-term commodity trading  advisers enjoyed the best month, rising 4.84%. Long/short credit  arbitrage wasn&rsquo;t far behind at 3.85%.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Week Ahead in U.S. Economic Data]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:04:33 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Estimates for Q1 US GDP appear to be creeping higher.Wholesale inventories were released before the weekend the 0.6% increase was twice the consensus and the January series was revised to 0.1% from -0.2%. This inventory accumulation seems wholly desirable and is a response to increased demand. Wholesale sales rose 0.8% in February.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tuesday FX Brief: Dollar at an Impasse Amid Growing Eurozone Angst]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=tuesday-fx-brief-dollar-at-an-impasse-amid-growing-eurozone-angst</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:19:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. dollar is once again in the driver&rsquo;s seat as speculation grows that European Union ministers will fail to devise an agreement over a financial aid package on behalf of Greece at this week&rsquo;s European summit. Investors are growing ever more skeptical about the ability of the euro to retain its value set against the backdrop of an apparently growing number of decision-makers tur<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Consumer Confidence Tumbles: Why the Most Recent Report Isn't Necessarily Bad News]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=consumer-confidence-tumbles-why-the-most-recent-report-isnt-necessarily-bad-news</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:51:46 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The market is getting smacked around this morning thanks to an awful report on consumer confidence.  The Conference Board, a New York-based research group, said its Consumer Confidence Index fell to 46.0 in February from 56.5 in January.<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jobs - On the Topic of Employer of Last Resort]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:51:44 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I promised last week that I would write a post where commenters could debate the merits of an ELR (employer of last resort) program.  Without writing everything I have been thinking about on this topic, I have decided to provide you with a few links for discussion, accompanied of course by some commentary.  If there is sufficient interest, there is certainly ample material floating around in my b<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Report from Europe: My Big Fat Greek Franco-German Wedding]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:59:31 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[US stocks swung between gains and losses on hump day as Germany and France discussed assistance for Greece, offsetting Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke&rsquo;s plan to raise the discount rate for loans to banks &ldquo;before long.&rdquo; Trading volumes are slowing due to snow storms in the US Northeast. Five of the last seven full trading sessions have seen triple-digit point moves in th<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parsing Today's Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims (Feb. 11, 2010)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:59:28 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While today&rsquo;s jobless claims report continued to show a, more or less, steady trend down to both initial and continued unemployment claims with a nearly textbook peak shaping up, considering the federal extended claims data offers a more dire view of the state of the job market and of the economy as a whole.Seasonally adjusted &ldquo;initial&rdquo; unemployment claims declined by 43,000 to <br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fed's Exit Strategy, Again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:39:15 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[According to the WSJ, Ben Bernanke is expected to outline the Federal Reserve&rsquo;s exit strategy this week.  As expected (and discussed previously), the Fed plans to tighten monetary policy by increasing the interest rate on excess reserves. Otherwise, as the economy recovers and the excess reserve ratio declines, the money multiplier would rise and thus broader aggregates would rise as well. <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Complete Guide to the Market Wreckage that Occurred While You Were Sleeping]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:04:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Let's just jump right into the numbers: Shanghai -1.866%Nikkei -2.89%South Korea -3.050%London: -1.54%Paris: 1.8% Gold continues to underwhelm:<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Turn-of-the-Month Investing: January Wins It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:04:14 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A few of you asked if the turn-of-the-month gains were mainly caused by the turn of the year. It turns out that January is the big winner, but other <br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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