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The unseen victims of US protectionism

I recently read this article by Walter E Williams in the Orange County register and thought it was really interesting:  http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/sugar-259371-fructose-high.html It is about how the US “Obesity Epidemic” is partly due to the enormous amounts of Fructose we consume … Continue reading

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ECRI Leading Index as an Economic Indicator

This is directly copied and pasted from the Dave Rosenberg newsletter today. I thought you’d find it interesting.

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Stock Indices have Survivorship Bias

Dave Rosenberg’s newsletter mentioned an interesting fact today that we often forget:  There is substantial survivorship bias in the DOW, S&P 500, and other stock indices.  Cleaning out the failures from the S&P 500 such as WaMu, Wachovia, Bear Sterns, … Continue reading

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This is verbaitim from page 5 of Dave Rosenberg’s daily newsletter on 6/25/2010 (available free at www.gluskinsheff.com): I have to admit that I’m a bit dumbfounded by the complete lack of understanding of bad economics; not only by investors but by … Continue reading

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