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05/01

Do All Banks Have Moats? Morningstar / Jim Callahan

When mutual funds don't want your cash Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Diya Gullapalli

Asian economies to grow 6.9% in 2006, IMF says Marketwatch / Rex Nutting

The Economics of the Oil “Crisis” National Review / Tom Nugent

New way to play distressed companies: Acquire the stock Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Karen Richardson

Weekly Treasury rates highest in 5 years AP via Beaufort Gazette

The Yield Curve's Uncertain Message Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner

Global: World on the Mend Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach

Bernanke on the brain CNN / Grace Wong

When abnormal becomes normal Marketwatch / Tom Kilgore

Stocks end lower on hit to rate hopes MarketWatch / Mark Cotton

Former bear turns bullish on global economy $ FT / Jennifer Hughes

Consumers spend more freely as incomes grow AP via Chicago Sun Times / Jeannine Aversa

SEC's Cox mulls more hedge fund regulation Marketwatch / Alexander Davis and David Callaway

Social Security, Medicare to run out sooner CNN / Jeanne Sahadi

Filling In The GAAP Forbes / Harvey L. Pitt

Immigration Reform On Whose Dime? Forbes / Mark Hopson and Thomas Green

Let me give you the best stock tip you'll ever get: Stay away! Detroit Times / Brian J. O'Connor

Amazon switches to Microsoft from Google $ Reuters via FT

Oil Companies Won't Fish Forbes / Jessica Holzer

Protests in America $ The Econbomist

Million-dollar typos turn big profits on the Web Washington Post via Detroit Times / Leslie Walker and Brian Krebs

Student loans - a life sentence CNN / Christian Zappone

Japan: Modifying Interest Rate Outlook Morgan Stanley / Takehiro Sato

German consumers fear worse times ahead FT / Ralph Atkins

Immigrants flex economic muscle in U.S. boycott Reuters / Jill Serjeant and Dan Whitcomb

High Gas Prices Will Last Years, Bush Aides Say South Florida Sun Sentinel / Paul Richter

Stocks End Lower on Fed Chief's Comments AP via Baltimore Sun / Christopher Wang

Fed's Stern says forecasts key to decision-making Reuters

Stern says no magic level on hurtful energy price Reuters / Ros Krasny

Nearing a Sustainable Balance of Economic Growth Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Jack Guynn

Bernanke says Fed still tough on inflation – CNBC Reuters

Board to hold four public hearings on the home equity lending market Federal Reserve Board

Fed's Guynn-Inflation still contained, under scrutiny Reuters

Oil jumps almost $2 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle

U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Unexpectedly Accelerates Bloomberg / Courtney Schlisserman

Republican Ratings Lowest Since 1998, Poll Finds Bloomberg / Heidi Przybyla

US's Snow sees Social Security group by year-end Reuters

Mondays Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

U.S. Stocks Gain on Wal-Mart Sales; S&P 500 at Five-Year High Bloomberg / Daniel Hauck

Monday Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post

Monday's Metal Prices AP via NJ Post

Gold hits new record above $660 FT / Darryl Thomson

Crude Oil Rises as U.S. Urges UN to Impose Sanctions on Iran Bloomberg / Mark Shenk

U.S. Treasury Notes Fall After Spending, ISM Index Increase Bloomberg / Deborah Finestone and Elizabeth Stanton

Treasuries slip on core inflation above forecasts Reuters / John Parry

Should the IRS Audit More Taxpayers? Ludwig von Mises Institute / George Leef

Dollar sinks to one year low against euro FT / Darryl Thomson

US consumer spending, income top expectations Reuters / Chris Reese

Illegal workers: Boon for U.S. economy CNN / Chris Isidore

US bid to revive WTO trade talks BBC News

Goldman Sachs Teams With Aramark Chief for Buyout Bloomberg / Brett Cole and Heather Burke

Politicians Should Quit Gassing Bloomberg / John M. Berry

Who Says Money Can't Buy Happiness? Tech Central Station / Eugene Miller

How to 'sell in May' but not 'go away' Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

FL: Spec-house brokers are glass-half-full guys Palm Beach Post / Pat Beall

U.S. March Personal Spending Probably Rose 0.4%, Survey Says Bloomberg / Joe Richter

Oil Trades Above $71 as U.S. to Press for Sanctions on Iran Bloomberg / Gavin Evans

Yen at 6-Month High Versus Dollar on Prospect Rates to Rise Bloomberg / Kosuke Goto and Jake Lee

UK: Call this a crisis? The ravens haven't flown Guardian / Larry Elliott

Treasury 10-Year Returns Jeopardized by Bernanke's Rate Plans Bloomberg / Deborah Finestone and Al Yoon

China Needs More Volcker, Less Greenspan Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

Dollar to Fall on Expectations of Higher ECB Rates, Survey Says Bloomberg / Rodrigo Davies

Japan Should Decide Spending Cut Before Tax Rate, Tanigaki Says Bloomberg / Norie Kuboyama

05/02

Will We Have Fantasia At The Fed FreeMarketNews via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Thomas Au

Fed and ECB communications stumble-What went wrong? Reuters / Stella Dawson

Blue-collar US sees a precarious future $ FT / Edward Luce

U.S. Fed policymakers' recent comments Reuters

Retirement warnings NY Daily News / Lore Croghan

Ameriquest branches to close - Laying off 3,800AP via Rocky Mountain News / Alex Veiga

Working on the housing boom CNN / Chris Isidore

Euro rises against dollar on new data AP via NJ Post

Canadian dollar tops 90 cents for 1st time AP via NJ Post

Death tax and taxes Marketwatch / Thomas Kostigen

House, Senate GOP near agreement on taxes Marketwatch / William L. Watts

Buttonwood Column: Can the old economy be as over-hyped as the new? The Economist

Gold futures climb above $670 Marketwatch / Myra P. Saefong

Tuesday's commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette

Oil prices top $74 a barrel AP via MSNBC

Bernanke slips on Bartiromo peel Marketwatch / Greg Robb

The Best Brokerage Analysts Forbes / Jody Yen

WTO moving closer to trade deal BBC News

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Tech Central Station / Max Schulz

Honeymoon over for Bernanke CNN / Grace Wong

Unlikely optimist makes hopeful case Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Treasuries rise modestly, still mulling Fed signals Reuters / John Parry

April U.S. vehicle sales up 16.9 pct Reuters

Tuesday's Metal Prices AP via NJ Post

Ford sales fall 7 percent in April AP via NJ Post / Dee-Ann Durbin

U.S. Stocks Rise on Verizon Profit; S&P 500 Nears 5-Year High Bloomberg / Daniel Hauck

Global: Factories boom at 20-mth high, inventories worry Reuters

Oil climbs above $74 on Iran, fund-buying Reuters via CNN

Treasurys higher as pending home sales decline Marketwatch / Leslie Wines

Dunking Distressed Debt Forbes / Liz Moyer

What's going on with the I bonds? Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown

2005 Annual Report Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

CO: Rising costs increasingly unhealthy Denver Post / Al Lewis

U.S. March Pending Home Resales Decline to 2-Year Low Bloomberg / Victor Epstein

Tuesdays Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Verizon First-Quarter Profit Falls 7.1% on MCI Costs Bloomberg / Rebecca Barr and J. Kyle Foster

Countrywide CEO Gets $160 Million LA Times / Kathy M. Kristof

Democrats Manufacture "Economic Crimes" Ludwig von Mises Institute / William Anderson

CO: Downtown dwellers sought Denver Post / Margaret Jackson

In Search of Clouds Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer

A Disaster of Epic Proportions CMI Ventures via Safehaven / Christopher Galakoutis

High Yielding 1-Year CDs USA Today / Sandra Block

Credit Suisse Profit Rises 36% on Trading Rebound Bloomberg / Alice Ratcliffe

Don't Do It, Google Lew Rockwell / Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

Commodities' Mighty Rally Suffers From Fatal Flaw Bloomberg / Chet Currier

Global Turmoil Feeds Speculators Oil Frenzy NY Post / Paul Tharp

Bold bid to cut 'pork' in Congress Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell Chaddock

DC: Houses and Condos Are Staying on the Market Longer Washington Post / Tomoeh Murakami Tse

MA: Hub home sales up as burbs languish Boston Herald / Jerry Kronenberg

CA: Businesses feel day of absences Long Beach Press Telegram / Felix Sanchez and Don Jergler

PA: Steady local jobless rate masks growth as employers add workers Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Patricia Sabatini

KS: By Many Measures, Recovery is Strong Wichita Eagle / Nicholas Jungman

Crude futures steady under $74 a barrel AP via Bradenton Journal / Gillian Wong

FL: Senate approves energy bill revised to please Gov. Bush Palm Beach Post / Kristi E. Swartz

U.S. Braces for Attack of the Giant Theocons Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson

Canada: Par in sight as dollar nears 90¢ Toronto Star / Steven Theobald

Fed's Pause May Send Asian Currencies Higher Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee

European April Manufacturing Grew Most in Five Years, PMI Shows Bloomberg / Evalinde Eelens

UK: Wealth, war, riots ... are we back in the Summer of Love? Independent / Stephen King

Bernanke Gets a Crash Course in Leadership After Dinner Remark Bloomberg / Rich Miller

Treasuries May Fall; Economic Data Support Higher Rate Outlook Bloomberg / Shamim Adam

Courage of their convictions Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Dollar Rises After Bernanke Says Market Misread His Testimony Bloomberg / Kosuke Goto and Ron Harui

I's Time to Welcome Gazprom to Europe's Market Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn

05/03

Two Long-Run Issues for the U.S. Economy Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / Michael H. Moskow

Alternative Arrangements for the Distribution of Intraday Liquidity Federal Reserve Bank of New York

For Social Security, the crisis year is coming fast St. Louis Post Dispatch / David Nicklaus

Is Social Security as bad off as latest report indicates? Marketwatch / Robert Powell

IRS plan to use private tax collectors runs into snags USA Today / Kevin McCoy

Congress Running on Empty Smartmoney.com / Mark Glassman

Mythology of the Minimum Wage Ludwig von Mises Institute / DW MacKenzie

Home Mortgages AP via NJ Post

CA: Foreclosure activity rises Oakland Tribune / Eve Mitchell

The incredible shrinking car companies CNN / Alex Taylor III

Dow Jones average has best close in six years Long Beach Press Telegram

Looking for the Silver Lining  Smartmoney.com / Lawrence Carrel

AZ: Skilled trades jobs on the rise in Arizona AP via Arizona Daily Sun

Bolivian seizure of oil, gas fields worries foreign governments Christian Science Monitor / Arthur Bright

Canada: Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Bank of Canada

Mexico: What Ails Mexico’s Economy? National Review

Municipal bonds up to bat Marketwatch / Jonathan Burton

Bonds prices fall on robust economic data AP via Beaufort Gazette

Fed struggles to convince markets of its own uncertainty Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Greg Ip

House passes bill to limit lobbyists Marketwatch / William L. Watts

$3-a-gallon gas: Blame Washington, not Big Oil Fortune via CNN / Nelson D. Schwartz

CA: Foreclosures up; experts not worried Contra Costa Times / James Temple

Wednesday's commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette

Gold prices pull back from 25-year highs AP via Beaufort Gazette

Do speculators pump up prices? Philadelphia Inquirer / Andrew Cassel

Stocks Recover But Still End Lower; Volume Rises A Bit Investors Business Daily / Vincent Mao

'Liability' is getting too much leeway Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino

Starbucks 2Q earnings rise 27 percent AP via Philadelphia Inquirer / Elizabeth M. Gillespie

Qwest posts higher earnings AP via Denver Post / Catherine Tsai

How to tell if you are really beating the market Wall Street Journal / Jonathan Clements

Nasdaq increases LSE stake to 18.7% $ FT / Norma Cohen and John Authers

Euronext in Deutsche merger talks BBC News

Europe must relax its inflation test for euro entrants $ FT / Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert

Wednesday Gold Coin Prices AP via Forbes

Oil sinks on surprise build in supplies CNN / Steve Hargreaves

Community Revitalization: Lessons from Anacostia Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke

Fed Chief Urges Teamwork in Communities AP via Chicago Troibune / Jeannine Aversa

DIARY-Federal Reserve Events Reuters

U.S. Treasuries Fall After ISM's Non-Factory Index Increases Bloomberg / Deborah Finestone

Wednesday's Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard

Microsoft may aim for Yahoo! Acquisition CNN

Time Warner Profit Jumps 60 Pct. to $1.46B AP via Forbes

Derivatives point to 200,000 new US jobs for April Reuters

U.S. Economy: Growth in Service Industries Quickens Bloomberg / Bob Willis

Post Office Proposes 3-Cent Rate Increase AP via Chicago Tribune / Randolphe E.Scmid

AFGI Urges Puerto Rico To Close Gap Bond Buyer / Adam L. Cataldo

Bernanke Couldn't Be Clearer -- You Hear That? Bloomberg / John M. Berry

Maria, Fed Head Go Head-To-Head NY Post / Paul Tharp

GDP Is A Terrific Coincident Indicator Northern Trust via Safehaven / Paul Kasriel

German financials tout market conditions Marketwatch / Steve Goldstein

Reasons Change for Refinancing Washington Post / Kristin Downey

Ameriquest’s Ambassador of Doom NY Post / Paul Tharp

How Close is a Real Estate Meltdown? Clif Droke Market Analysis via Safehaven / Clif Droke

When Will the Mainstream Recognize the Silent Dollar Crash? Econotech via Safehaven

Dollar Falls; Report May Show Growth in Service Industry Slowed Bloomberg / Chris Young and Ron Harui

How $3 gas could push US drivers to shift Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull

Oil prices rise toward $75 a barrel AP via Contra Costa Times

Oil Executives Strike Gushers as Highest Paid Bloomberg / Graef Crystal

Gold Rises to 25-Year High as Oil, Iranian Fears Prompt Buying Bloomberg / Chia-Peck Wong

Bank of Japan may raise rates in June AP via Akron Beacon Journal / Hans Greimel

Will real estate agents go the way of travel agents? Pittsburgh Post Gazette / Elwin Green

How black and blue is the greenback? Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert

Australia Unexpectedly Raises Key Rate Quarter Point Bloomberg / Hans van Leeuwen

Silencing a Hornet's Nest Tech Central Station / Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Asian Economies Can't Grow Out of Corruption Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.

Fresh surge in commodity prices raises fears of unsustainable speculative bubble Independent / Philip Thornton

Russia: Gas Trader Emerges From the Shadows Moscow Times / Catherine Belton

 

05/04

Bond traders prepare for ‘Payrolls Friday’ FT / Jennifer Hughes and Paul J Davies

Marketers dream up gas giveaways USA Today / Chris Woodyard

Dollar up for discussion as faithful gather $ FT / Richard Beales

Oil prices fall below $70 a barrel AP via Toronto Star / Brad Foss

WI: Home construction slows in Wisconsin to 7-year low Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele Derus

The Birth of the Boom National Review / Donald Luskin

Manulife splits stock on record profit CP via Toronto Star

Electronic Arts racks up losses AP via Mercury News / May Wong

Fed's Moskow says banks need to help immigrants Reuters

Annual Meeting Covering Various Asset Classes, May 19th Bond Market Association