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05/22
What
you need to know about the Great Depression Daily Reckoning via
Moneyweek and Fiend’s SuperBear Page
/ Dan Amoss
Conspiracy Theories and
the Global Stock Market Melt-down SirChartsAlot via Safehaven / Gary
Dorsch
Traders
place bets on housing Orange County Register / Jonathan Lansner
Banks
That Want Your Business Smartmoney / Kelli B. Grant
The
Economy as Cartoon Daily Reckoning / Mogambo Guru
Stocks Are So 20th
Century Slate / Daniel Gross
The
going is getting tough Marketwatch / Tomi Kilgore
Fannie
Mae's Regulator to Call for Portfolio Limits, People Say Bloomberg /
James Tyson
Going
global, buying Local IHT / James Kanter
U.S.
may ease rules on exports to China AP via Beaufort Gazette
Monday's
commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette
Illinois crop
conditions good Chicago Sun Times / Jim Paul
CME
housing futures debut as bubble deflates Reuters / Ros Krasny
Emerging
debt-Risk aversion mounts on Fed fears Reuters / Walter Brandimarte
Global
bonds rally as equities retreat FT / Paul J Davies and Richard Beales
US
Treasuries rally on flight to safety buying Reuters / Ros Krasny
Freddie
Mac chief sees softer prices pinch spending Reuters / Svea
Herbst-Bayliss
Michiganders
struggle to pay heating bills Detroit Free Press / Alejandro
Bodipo-Memba
US
mortgage rates unchanged on Monday – BestInfo Reuters
GM
moves to jazz up rentals Tennessean / Bush Bernard
Portentous
time but what does it all signify? $ FT
/ Andrew Hill
Emerging
markets lead global decline FT / Jennifer Hughes and Gillian Tett
Stock
options investigation widens FT / Jeremy Grant and Kevin Allison
Flight
from risk sparks India’s stock fall FT / Jo Johnson
U.S.
OFHEO delays release of Fannie Mae report Reuters
EU:
Goldman reshuffles management in Europe $
FT / Lina Saigol
Globalization's
Impact on U.S. Growth and Inflation Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas /
Richard W. Fisher
Central
Bank Capital, Financial Strength, and the Bank of Japan Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco
Fed's
Fisher-Inflation a risk despite globalization Reuters
Treasuries
gain on flows out of riskier assets Reuters
NYSEly
does it $ The Economist
Gold
bugs take note, but not yet panicking Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
Oil
rebounds after hurricane report Reuters via CNN
Monday's
Metal Prices AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer
Stocks
Extend Losses; Commodity Groups Crushed Investor’s Business Daily /
Vincent Mao
Another
way to do layoffs in mergers Mercury News / Nicole C. Wong
Seagate
to Cut 6,400 Jobs Following Maxtor Purchase Bloomberg / Anthony
Massucci
Goodyear
sheds 10% after downgrade Marketwatch
U.S.
Stocks Decline on Commodities Prices; Alcoa, Exxon Slump Bloomberg /
Nick Baker
Online
scams create "Yahoo! millionaires" Fortune via CNN / Leonard
Lawal
The
Risk-Reduction Trade Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner
Review
and Preview Morgan Stanley / Ted Wieseman and David Greenlaw
Wake-Up
Call for Central Banking Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach
Housing
troubles? Bank on it Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Monday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Oil at $100? It's
No Longer a Pipe Dream Business Week via MSNBC
Dollar
slips against euro AP via NJ Post
Wall
Street "fear gauge" jumps to near 2-year high Reuters / Doris
Frankel
Options
Probes Eye Two More Targets CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Fannie
Changes Audit Committee Chair CFO.com / Stephen Taub
India's
stocks recover after largest-ever fall Reuters via CNN
A
Transatlantic Inflation Divide? Morgan Stanley / Elga Bartsch
EU:
Too Much Communication? Morgan Stanley / Elga Bartsch
EU:
Could the Equity Sell-Off Choke the Recovery? Morgan Stanley / Eric
Chaney
OECD
warns on global imbalances BBC News / Steve Schifferes
Japan:
Rolling with the Punches Morgan Stanley / Takehiro Sato and Robert Feldman
Turkey:
Broken Clocks Morgan Stanley / Serhan Cevik
Israel:
Hike Now, Pause Later Morgan Stanley / Serhan Cevik
Commodities
take a hit Reuters via CNN
Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
Bonds
Rally on Flight to Quality as Stocks, Commodities Tumble Bloomberg /
Kabir Chibber
US
10Y Treasury note's yield falls below 5 percent Reuters
Monday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Stocks
decline as commodities fall AP via The State / Christopher Wang
Fannie
Mae faces huge hurdle as OFHEO report nears Reuters / Kristin Roberts
and Lynn Adler
The
One Bit of Info Google Withholds: How It Works LA Times / Chris Gaither
Labor
Woes Plague U.S. Automakers Forbes / Oxford Analytica
NYSE
Bids for Euronext to Create Transatlantic Market Bloomberg / Nandini
Sukumar and Edgar Ortega
Oil sinks
to six-week low Reuters via CNN
ECB
president says euro zone must reform AP via NJ Post
Stagflation
Lite, Central Banking Nightmare, May Await Bernanke Bloomberg / Rich
Miller
JPMorgan
Sees Company Bond Rebound After Worst Week in Year Bloomberg / Caroline
Salas
Opposed
to Foreign Cars? Then Go and Buy a Honda Bloomberg / Doron Levin
DC:
Competition in Close Quarters Washington Post / Terrence O’Hara
If
Wall Street Earnings Are Best Yet, Why Is Morgan Distressed? Bloomberg
/ Adrian Cox and Jennifer Ryan
Bernanke’s monetary
policy likely to generate more instability Brookes News / Frank Shostak
Bernanke's
baptism of fire in mass retreat from risk Guardian / Ashley Seager
Why you should
(and shouldn't) pay off your mortgage Christian Science Monitor / Mark
Trumbull
Yahoo!'s
Edge Barron’s via Marketwatch / Sandra Ward
In
Print, Staring Down a Daily Worry NY Times / David Carr
NYSE
Is Close to Merger Bid for Euronext, People Say Bloomberg / Nandini
Sukumar and Edgar Ortega
NYSE
in race to win battle of the bourses with Euronext merger plan Guardian
/ Mark Milner
Why the rich get
the most tax goodies Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis
GOP's family feud
over spending Christian Science Monitor / Gail Russell Chaddock
UK:
Debt problem soars as 1m face threat of bankruptcy Guardian / Ashley
Seager
A
'NICE' lesson for the UK from Japan Independent / Stephen King
Is the Australian
economy facing recession? Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Israel's economy
leaving Palestinians far behind Christian Science Monitor / Joshua
Mitnick
France
Wants Weaker Euro -- Here's How to Get It Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
China
central.bank to try to rein in credit growth Reuters via Scotsman
Taiwan:
Would-be coin smelters warned of stiff penalties Taipei Times / Max
Hirsch
Dollar
rises, market looks for rate clues Reuters / Chikako Mogi
Currency
Markets Mistook Indonesia for Turkey Bloomberg / Andy Mukherjee
Dollar
Rises on Speculation U.S. Report to Signal Higher Rates Bloomberg /
Kosuke Goto and Ron Harui
Australian
Dollar Declines on Concern Commodity Rally Finished Bloomberg / Chris
Young
Investors blend
ethics with experience Christian Science Monitor / G. Jeffrey MacDonald
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05/23
If
the rich are doing so well, how much worse off are the rest of us?
Marketwatch / Thomas Kostigen
The Current Account
Deficit Matters Merk via Safehaven
/ Axel Merk
Inflation vs. Growth:
Bernankes Mission Impossible? Forex News via Safehaven / Ashraf Laidi
Hottest
areas slow, but others retain steady sales, price pace MarketWatch /
Amy Hoak
MI:
Metro area 6th in foreclosures Detroit News / Sarah Ryley
CO:
Metro foreclosures rank No. 5 in U.S. Denver Business Journal
CO:
Downtown tops retail vacancy rate Rocky Mountain News / John Rebchook
NC: Hint
of slowing seen Charlotte Raleigh Observer / Dudley Price
FL:
State insurer has fight on its hands St. Petersburg Time / Tom Zucco
S.C.
home sales dropped in April by 5.46 percent Spartanburg Herald-Journal
2006
Annual Performance Plan FDIC
Tuesday's
commodities roundup AP via Beaufort Gazette
Why Oil Industry Chief
Expects Gasoline Prices To Fall NY Post / John Crudele
Dollar
mostly higher vs. major currencies AP via Beaufort Gazette
Bezos:
DVDs Key to Amazon.com Business AP via Newsday / Gene Johnson
Vonage
sells $531 million in IPO shares Reuters via Washington Post
OFHEO Official
Fannie Mae Report pdf OFHEO
Canada:
Central bank should raise rates: OECD Globe and Mail / Tavia Grant
OECD
warns of Europe growth risk BBC News / Steve Schifferes
Russia:
Vyugin Blames 'Western Funds' Moscow Times / Yuriy Humber
The
Myth of Functional Finance: Mises vs. Lerner Ludwig von Mises Institute
/ DW MacKenzie
Wall Street is raining
cats, and don't look Denver Post / Al Lewis
Buttonwood:
Ballad of the bond market $ The
Economist
Bonds
rally as safe haven shift eases FT / Jennifer Hughes, Paul J Davies and
David Turner
US
Treasuries end lower on switch in investor sentiment AFX via Forbes
US
Treasuries fall as price fears,commodities gain Reuters / Ros Krasny
US
housing demand solid, Coldwell brokers say Reuters / David Lawder
ABC/WashPost
US consumer comfort index down to -19 Reuters
Why
tech is hurting CNN / Amanda Cantrell
Houses
and hedges $ The Economist
NYSEly
does it $ The Economist
Welfare
Recipiency, Job Separation Outcomes, and Postseparation Earnings: Insight
from Linked Personnel and State Administrative Data Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta / Jill Marie Gunderson and Julie L. Hotchkiss
Bernanke
says TV remarks were ‘lapse of judgment’ FT / Jennifer Hughes
After
The Flood Forbes / Paul Maidment
U.S.
Stocks Decline on Inflation Concern; Home Depot Drops Bloomberg / Nick
Baker
Hedge
funds set for their worst month in a year $
FT / Stephen Schurr
NYSE
may have to lift offer for Euronext $ FT
/ Ian Bickerton in Amsterdam and Richard Milne
The
rightfully anxious ‘Mr Market $ FT /
Martin Wolf
Traders
still cautious as commodities rally FT / Chris Flood
Mexico
Posts Unexpected $464 Mln April Trade Surplus Bloomberg / Patrick
Harrington
Half
and half Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
Integration
and Globalization: The European Bellwether Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas / Jason L. Saving
Bernanke
Declines to Show Hand on Inflation, Rates Bloomberg / Craig Torres
Dollar
falls vs. yen as S&P raises outlook for Japan Marketwatch / Wanfeng
Zhou
Leading
Stocks Among Big-Volume Gainers Investor’s Business Daily / Vincent Mao
Corporate fraud
alive and well in U.S. MSNBC / John W. Schoen
Tuesday's
Metal Prices AP via NJ Post
Financial
literacy Federal Reserve Board / Ben S. Bernanke
Pressed
on rates, Bernanke sticks to FOMC May statement Marketwatch / Greg Robb
Bernanke
says Bartiromo episode lapse of judgement Reuters
Bernanke
says financial literacy important AP via NJ Post / Jeannine Aversa
U.S.
won't give Russia WTO deal as "gift" Reuters / Doug Palmer
OECD
sees increased risks to global growth FT / Scheherazade Daneshkhu
What
might hold back China? BBC News / Quentin Sommerville
Fannie
Mae Regulator Says Growth Should Be `Limited' Bloomberg / James Tyson
Tuesday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Beleaguered
bulls return CNN
U.S.
Stocks Rise on Commodities Producers, Technology Companies Bloomberg /
Nick Baker
Volatility
returns as FTSE has best day in three years FT / Neil Hume
Treasurys
hit by rebounding stocks Marketwatch / Leslie Wines
Copper
Leads Commodities Rebound on Speculation Rally Not Over Bloomberg /
Katy Watson
Oil jumps
above $71 Reuters via CNN
Prospering
in the Housing Bust Forbes / Stephanie Fitch
Euronext
Investors Reject Deutsche Boerse Combination Bloomberg / Amy Wilson
Jilted
In Germany Forbes / Liz Moyer
Inflation:
Is the Worst Over? Barron’s via Marketwatch / Randall W. Forsythe
Economic
Anxiety Forbes / Oxford Analytica
U.S.
chain store sales rise in latest week Reuters
CA:
High Fuel Costs Have Some Downsizing to Two Wheels LA Times / Cynthia
H. Cho
Careful
What You Wish For Daily Standard / Irwin M. Stelzer
NY: Raise The Roof NY
Post / Braden Keil
Oil
Prices Rise Past $70 a Barrel AP via Morning Call / Gillian Wong
Online
sales to rise 20 percent in 2006: report Reuters via Washington Post
Canada:
Banks face margin pressure Toronto Star / Tara Perkins
How
Much Will Oil Tax Bring? Nobody Knows AP via Washington Post / Matt
Volz
Ford
Credit to Pay Highest-Ever Bond Yields
to Conserve Cash Bloomberg / Mark Pittman
Japan
May Win Higher Debt Rating By Standard & Poor's Bloomberg / Lily
Nonomiya
Fed
Wonders Will Summer '06 Resemble Winter '95 Bloomberg / John M. Berry
Papa
Papa Tango. Do You Read Me? Come In, PPT Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
The
Real-Estate-Broker Wars Wall Street Journal via Marketwatch / Ruth
Simon and James R. Hagerty
Deutsche
Boerse Tops NYSE With $11.1 Bln Euronext Bid Bloomberg / Amy Wilson
Euronext
declares surprise entente cordiale with New York's Anglo-Saxon predators
Independent / Jeremy Warner
Fund
Buyers Warned Stocks Were Due to Take a Hit Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Investors
are worried. Let's celebrate Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
A
Fannie Mae Settlement Is Reported NY Times / Eric Dash and Stephen
Labaton
Bulls
Retreat Worldwide as May Rally Turns to Rout NY Times / Vikas Bajaj
48
states raking in gambling proceeds Staeline.org / Kavan Peterson
Look
Under the Hood of the Fuel Economy Debate Bloomberg / Andrew Ferguson
Congressional
Leaders Challenge FBI Raid on U.S. House Office Bloomberg / Jonathan D.
Salant and Laura Litvan
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05/24
The
Oil Bubble Is Next to Burst National Review / Tom Nugent
WI:
Affluent buyers losing homes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Michele Derus
Global
change needs flexibility, not a fixed rule $
FT / Edmund Phelps
America’s
love affair with “irrational exuberance” Online Journal via Fiend’s SuperBear Page / Ben Tanosborn
KS:
Ranking signals a healthy economy Wichita Eagle / Dan Voorhis
TX:
Waiting for future to clear Houston Chronicle / Jenalia Moreno
Oil
prices fall almost $2 a barrel AP via Houston Chronicle / Brad Foss
Not
getting credit Copley News via San Diego Union Tribune / Finlay Lewis
IPOs
fall victim to fragile investor confidence $ FT / Lina Saigol and John
Authers
Proud to
Be a Gold Miner Hoarder Smartmoney / Lawrence Carrel
The Gold Wars: What The
Fed Is Scared Stiff Of Honest Money via Safehaven / Douglas V. Gnazzo
The IMF in
Asia and the World Economy IMF / Rodrigo de Rato
Hit
delete key on pesky penny-stock e-mail scams St. Louis Post Dispatch /
David Nicklaus
U.S.
taxable money funds report $13.8 bln inflows Reuters
Yields
throw the Fed a curve CNN / Chris Isidore
Treasury
bonds climb in volatile trading AP via Beaufort Gazette
Treasuries
suffer rollercoaster ride FT / Jennifer Hughes, Paul J Davies and David
Turner
US
mortgage rates unchanged on Wednesday – BestInfo Reuters
AZ:
Building permits drop 21% Arizona Republic / Glen Cero
CA:
Foreclosure fear grows in region Sacramento Bee / Jim Wasserman
Real estate: The
going gets tougher Business Week via MSNBC / Christopher Palmeri
Options
controversy hits techs hard CNN / Amanda Cantrell
On
board a flight to quality Marketwatch / Chuck Jaffe
Fouled
By Vonage Forbes / Liz Moyer
What
was Vonage founder Jeffrey A. Citron thinking? CNN / Stephanie Mehta
Dow
closes up 19, Nasdaq finishes up 10 AP via Beaufort Gazette /
Christopher Wang
Small
businesses vulnerable to inflation AP via Beaufort Gazette / Joyce M.
Rosenberg
Korea:
More Koreans Live Below Poverty Line Korea Times / Yoon Ja-young
Deutsche
Börse hints at sweeter Euronext offer $
FT / Gerrit Wiesmann, Richard Milne and Andrew Wallmeyer
Moral
Hazard Interruptus Pimco / Paul McCulley
Economist
sees sunny side of growth Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Commodities
Fall, Led By Copper, Snapping Recent Rallies Bloomberg / Katy Watson and
Chanyaporn Chanjaroen
Oil falls
but broader sell-off avoided CNN / Steve Hargreaves
Commodity
price dip draws market notice AP via Washington Times / Madlen Read
Late-day
sell-offs linked to risk aversion Marketwatch / Leslie Wines
P/E
ratios are telling the future, analyst says Dallas Morning News /
Danielle DiMartino
What backdating
of stock options means Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post Gazette
/ Jesse Eisinger
General
Motors rallies on upgrade Marketwatch / Shawn Langlois
Boeing
Versus Airbus Forbes / Marc E. Babej and Tim Pollak
Snow's
break with Fox 'clean' Washington Times / Dan Caterinicchia
UK:
Bank appointee quizzed on rates BBC News
Innovative
Statistics for a Dynamic Economy Federal Reserve Board / Randall S.
Kroszner
Fed's
Kroszner-Data need to evolve as economy does Reuters
Fed
Chief Learns His Microphone Is Never Off LA Times / Bill Sing
Transparency of
European Bond Markets Bond Market Association
Freddie
Mac's portfolio on path to eclipse Fannie Reuters
Building
homes in Mexico Orange County Register / Cindy Carcamo
GM
Hiring Temporary Workers as Union Employees Leave Bloomberg / Jeff and
Greg Bensinger
Bank
of Canada raises overnight rate target by 1/4 percentage point to 4 1/4 per
cent Bank of Canada
Treasuries
extend gains after weak US April durables Reuters
DIARY-Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
Straight
Talk on Financial Literacy CFO.com / Marie Leone
New
Home Sales in U.S. Rose Unexpectedly in April Bloomberg / Bob Willis
U.S.
April Durables Orders Fall More Than Expected Bloomberg / Carlos Torres
Fannie's
Flayed Forbes / Liz Moyer
Wednesday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Vonage
shares drop in NYSE debut AP via Philadelphia Inquirer
Commodity
markets consolidate FT / Chris Flood
What
Does the High Price of Gold Mean? Ludwig von Mises Institute / Sean
Corrigan
Oil patch evolves Denver
Post / Nancy Lofholm Denver Post
Investors'
interest in silver increased in 2005 AP via San Diego Union Tribune /
Eileen Alt Powell
We’ll
Shrug Off a Housing Bust . . . . .
. but not a continued weak dollar National Review / John E. Tamny
Dollar
Gains After New Home Sales in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise Bloomberg /
Michael McDonald and Min Zeng
Washington
Mutual lays off 1,400 workers AP via NJ Post
Senate
Advances Sweeping Immigration Bill AP via Chicago Tribune / Suzanne
Gamboa
Wiping Out the
Middle Class Daily Reckoning via Lew Rockwell / Bill Bonner
This
Glass Is Half Full, Probably More NY Times / David Leonhardt, Jr.
U.S.
New Home Sales Probably Fell 6.4% in April on Rising Rates Bloomberg /
Bob Willis
Bond
Underwriters Threaten to Take Ball and Go Home Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Mass.
home, condo sales plunge Boston Herald / Scott Van Voorhis
Behind global
stock setback Christian Science Monitor / Mark Trumbull
At
Home Depot, the Stock Fell but the Chief's Pay Kept Rising NY Times /
Julie Creswell
The
signals of slower insider selling Marketwatch / Mark Hulbert
Bernanke’s Bet on
Derivatives Lew Rockwell / Gary North
Fed
Chief Swears Off Improvising NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Monte
Carlo study shows your money at best, worst Toronto Star / Ellen
Roseman
Examining
Fannie Mae Washington Post / Annys Shin
Dollar
Advances as Bird-Flu Scare Fuels Demand for Safer Assets Bloomberg /
Chris Young
Buoyant
look to world economy Scotsman / Hamish Rutherford
Europe rethinks
its 'safe haven' status Christian Science Monitor / Sarah Wildman
Plunging
Tiger, Booming Dragon? Don't Panic Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Don't
panic - it's meant to be stormy, says OECD Guardian / Ashley Seager
Euronext
sees off rebels' move to derail New York approach Guardian / David Gow
Bank
of China Nets $9.73 Bln, Biggest IPO Since 2000 Bloomberg / Cathy Chan
China:
Shadow of corruption lurks behind investors as they queue for $10bn Chinese
float Guardian / Jonathan Watts
Copper,
Aluminum in Shanghai Rebound by Maximum Limit on Demand Bloomberg /
Xiao Yu
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