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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Import And Export Price Deflation Continues In November 2014 R

Year-over-year  import prices deflated again this month, whilst export prices also significantly deflated. Oil price indices declined but food price indices slightly increased this month – there were a lot of deflation in all sections of imports and exports. with import prices down 1.5% month-over-month, down 2.3% year-over-year; and export prices down 1.0% month-over-month, down 1.9% year-over-year.. the markets were expecting: Econintersect follows this…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Rydex Ratio Goes Bananas

A Brief Update of Rydex Ratios There is no need to say much to this, except to state that the Rydex ratio indicator has reached fresh heights of absurdity … almost 25 times more assets are now invested in bull & sector funds than in bear funds. This is a full seven times more than…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Graphite One Resources Moving At An Aggressive Yet Prudent Pace

Note from Talkmarkets editors: This article discusses one or more penny stocks. Penny stocks are easily manipulated; please do your own due diligence. I recently read an article entitled, “Graphite One is Dead Money.” The author did a good job of pointing out the attributes of the Graphite One Resources (GPHOF) story. And I commend the writer for…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Chinese Inflation Dips To Five-Year Low

China’s central bank, like many other central banks, targets a specific level of inflation, in China’s case it is 2%. Received economic wisdom has it that a low level of annual price inflation is good for the economy and that deflation (negative inflation) can produce a drag on the economy by dampening consumer demand. Recent…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

2 Horsemen

Here are the Gold-Silver ratio and Uncle Buck, riding somewhat disjointedly together. Assuming they will continue to ride together in the near term, which one is going to down correct path?    

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Why Is The US Treasury Quietly Ordering “Survival Kits̶

The Department of Treasury is spending $200,000 on survival kits for all of its employees who oversee the federal banking system, according to a new solicitation. As FreeBeacon reports, survival kits will be delivered to every major bank in the United States and includes a solar blanket, food bar, water-purification tablets, and dust mask (among other things). The question, obviously, is…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Trust, Governance & Howard Schultz

Sometimes my friend “Karma” plays the most interesting tricks on me, as she has done this week with this classic corporate “trust tug of war.” On Monday I wrote a blog post called CEOs “Suck” at Trust. Soon after, my friend Corey Dubrowa at Starbucks (SBUX) reminded me that not all CEOs are created equal, and…

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Posted by - December 11, 2014

Men’s Wearhouse Misses On Q3 Earnings & Revenues

The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (MW – Snapshot Report) posted its third-quarter fiscal 2014 results, wherein its adjusted earnings of 83 cents a share dropped 7.8% year over year due to higher operating expenses. Earnings also fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 87 cents.   The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc – Earnings Surprise | FindTheBest Moreover, including one-time…