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06/19
WI:
Late mortgage payments drop in state, U.S. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel /
Paul Gores
S&P 500 Fair Value
Below 800? Hussman Funds via Fiend’s
SuperBear Page / John P. Hussman
Wall
Street's back in absolute control, and Main Street's clueless
Marketwatch / Paul B. Farrell
New
Fed chief settles in, so do investors Sydney Morning Herald / Malcolm
Maiden
Bondholders
could end up in a bind Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
BMA Renews Call For
Public Dissemination of Information Regarding NAIC Classifications Bond
Market Association
Bond Buying
and Pill Popping Daily Reckoning / Mogambo Guru
As
our debt rises, dollar value sinks Dallas Morning News / Scott Burns
The Most Powerful Force on
Earth Money and Markets via Safehaven / Martin Weiss
Key
House lawmaker reveals estate tax plan AP via San Antonio Express News
/ Mary Dalrymple
Bush
Is Back -- and with a Winning Message National Review / Larry Kudlow
Cost-cutting
deal extends Wagoner's stay Toronto Star / David Olive
Chief
Financial Officer's (CFO) Report to the Board FDIC
FDIC Reports
First Quarter 2006 Financial Results for the Deposit Insurance Fund
FDIC
Former
Fed Vice Chair Ferguson joining Swiss Re Reuters via Washington Post
Is
Ken Lay Really a Criminal? Ludwig Von Mises Institute / William
Anderson
US
SWAPS-Spreads widen, taking cues from Treasuries Reuters
Rates
on Treasurys climb AP via Beaufort Gazette
Consumer
group goes after real estate industry CNN / Les Christie
U.S.
mortgage rates unchanged on Monday – BestInfo Reuters
Alive
and well under a mountain of debt $ FT
Goldman
Giveth And Taketh Forbes / Liz Moyer
SEC
names Fed's Olson as PCAOB chairman Reuters / John Poirier
AZ:
More entrepreneurs run business at home Arizona Republic / Scott Wong
Social
Security: A plan both parties can love (and hate) CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
Riding
out the stock market storm CNN / Grace Wong
Vonage
Sued by Verizon Over Internet Phone Patents Bloomberg / Rebecca Barr
and Susan Decker
US
stocks fall on rate worries, oil sector's slide Reuters / Vivianne
Rodrigues
Size
matters $ The Economist
Dollar
Rises Against Major Currencies AP via Forbes
EU:
Oil imports fuel eurozone deficit BBC News
Deutsche
Börse in new move on Euronext $ FT /
Norma Cohen
Deutsche
tweaks Euronext offer BBC News
FL:
The other insurance crisis St. Petersburg Times / Tom Zucco
Foreclosures
on homes expected to jump as adjustable mortgages climb higher South
Florida Sun Sentinel / J.W. Elphinstone
MBA
to Testify at Senate Hearing on the Federal Housing Administration
Mortgage Banker’s Association
Housing
market index falls to 11-year low Marketwatch / Rex Nutting
How
Good Is What You’ve Got? Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Marco Del Negro and
Frank Schorfheide
Bernanke:
Investors' Foe...or Friend? Business Week via MSNBC / Gene Marcial
Market
Signals A Bottom May Be Near Forbes / Chris Johnson
Bounce
creates opportunity, but for whom? Marketwatch / tom Kilgore
'Everything
will be fine,' bullish Navellier predicts Marketwatch / Peter Brimelow
The Dirty Secret of
China's Economy Business Week via MSNBC / Brian Bremner
Not
feeling at home with risk Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Globalization
and Inflation Morgan Stanley / Richard Berner
US
Treasuries ease as Fed inflation talk holds sway Reuters / Chris Reese
U.S.
must tackle fiscal problems-Atlanta Fed's Guynn Reuters
DIARY-Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
The
boomer bust Fortune via CNN / Yuval Rosenberg
Oil
slides on positive Iran talk Reuters via CNN
Penny
Dreadful NY Post / Chris Byron
Some
U.S. farmers return to animal power AP via NJ Post / M.L. Johnson
Monday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Rocky
Markets May Boost Leveraged Buyouts NY Post / Tom Bawden
Stocks
signal bubble might burst AP via Cincinnati Enquirer / Ellen Simon
U.S.
Stocks Fall on Rate Concern, Extend Slump; Exxon Declines Bloomberg /
Sarah Thompson and Hilary Johnson
TX:
San Antonio Boom May Dry Up as Water Ebbs and People Pour In Bloomberg
/ Amy Strahan
Global
Economy May Withstand U.S. Slowdown, Emerge Healthier Bloomberg / Rich
Miller and Simon Kennedy
Scale
and the Chinese Policy Challenge Morgan Stanley / Stephen Roach
Don't
Blame the BoJ for the Bloated Global Asset Prices Morgan Stanley /
Stephen Jen
Sweden:
Monetary Policy: Preview and Paradox Morgan Stanley / Thomas Gade and
Elga Bartsch
Global:
Inflation: Operating Rates Say 'Yes, but Benign' Morgan Stanley / Eric
Chaney
Germany's
Big Trade Secret FT via LA Times / Bertrand Benoit and Richard Milne
Norway's
Central Bank Tries Clarity for a Change FT via LA Times / Ralph Atkins
Bernanke
Finds It's Better Second Time Around Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Dollar
Rises to 8-Week High; Fed's Guynn May Be Upbeat on U.S. Bloomberg / Ron
Harui and Kosuke Goto
Corporate
Road Warriors on the Move Bond Buyer / Humberto Sanchez
The US economy: past
and present Brookes News / Gerard Jackson
Inquiry
Into Stock Option Pricing Casts a Wide Net NY Times / Eric Dash
Telecom
Giants in Europe Plan $30 Billion Deal NY Times / Andrew Ross
Sorkin
Gambling: where
the money goes Christian Science Monitor / David R. Francis
Illegal
Hiring Is Rarely Penalized Washington Post / Spencer S. Hsu
and Kari Lydersen
Here
Illegally, Working Hard and Paying Taxes NY Times / Eduardo Porter
Republicans
Have Last, Best Chance to Limit Pork Bloomberg / Kevin Hassett
Taiwan:
Convincing Washington to sign a trade deal Taipei Times / Kuo Kuo-hsing
China's
central bank tightens policy AFP via Taipei Times
EU:
The pain in Spain is there for all to see Guardian / Larry Elliott
Citigroup's
Buckland Says Parallels to 1987 Crash End With M&A Bloomberg /
Michael Sesit
If
this is World Cup economics, who will be our global referee?
Independent / Stephen King
Russia:
Derivative Deals to Be Legally Protected Moscow Times / Yuriy Humber
Goldman
Names Cohn, Winkelried Co-Presidents, Operating Chiefs Bloomberg /
Christine Harper
Perella's
Investment Bank May Suffer From Timing Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
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06/20
Markets
are on Fed wavelength -Cleveland Fed study Reuters
U.S.
Treasuries steady in Asia, mood cautious Reuters
Warns Proposal to
Disclose Counterparty and Type of Trade Information Will Harm Investors and
Liquidity Bond Market Association
FL:
Late mortgage payments drop in state, U.S. Miami Herald / Monica
Hatcher
Don't Restrict
Immigration, Tax It Tech Central Station / Nathan Smith
A Mico-Tax Plan Daily
Reckoning / Desidooru Saloon
The
Financial Prowess of the U.S. Family National Review / Jerry Bowyer
U.S.
House clears $427.6 billion for Pentagon, wars Reuters / Vicki Allen
UK:
Public borrowing hits record high Guardian / Angela Balakrishnan
U.S.
wealth growth rate slows; China, India pick up pace Marketwatch / Greg
Morcroft
What is the ARMS Index
Currently Saying? Market Thoughts via Safehaven / Henry To
What
to Buy Smartmoney.com / James B. Stewart
The
Day Our Columnist took The Plunge NY Post / John Crudele
The
Fed's Big Fallacy Forbes / Stephen Todd
It
ain't over till it's over Marketwatch / Dr. Irwin Kellner
When
will the Fed stop? AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer /
Michael J. Martinez
Bonds
are shining a little brighter Fortune via CNN / Corey Hajim
Builder’s
Worry, But Homeowners Pay Up NY Post / Tom Bawden
If
it's a new exchange-traded fund, it might signal a market high
Marketwatch / Thomas Kostigen
Euronext
rejects D Börse offer $ FT
Cohn’s
Energy Crisis NY Post / Zachery Kouwe
China,
India to drive demand for oil through 2030 Marketwatch / Stephanie I. Cohen
Gold
surges on short covering, dollar AP via NJ Post
Russia
and Italy 'to work closer' BBC News
EU
Adds More Airlines to Blacklist AP via Chicago Tribune
NYSE
Gives Short Sellers Fair Warning NY Post / Roddy Boyd
SEC
Widens Options Probe: Report CFO.com / Stephen Taub
Mergers
of equals $ FT / Lex
Stocks
End Mixed on Interest Rate Concerns AP via Chicago Tribune / Christopher
Wang
Emerging
Market Watch Pimco / Curtis Mewbourne
New England Economic
Indicators Federal Reserve Bank of New England
Economic
Trends June 2006 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Mexico’s
Financial Vulnerability: Then and Now Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas /
Erwan Quintin and José Joaquín López
U.S.
Stocks Snap a Two-Day Losing Streak as Kroger Advances Bloomberg
Some
money managers brace for a not-so-gentle Ben Reuters / Jennifer Ablan
Buttonwood:
Credit derivatives $ The Economist
GM's
ratings cut deeper into junk territory Reuters
GM
Adds Collateral to $5.6 Bln Bank Loan; Ratings Cut Bloomberg / Jeff
Green
US
Treasuries fall as expected Fed hike looms Reuters
CA:
Amid sales decline, O.C. home prices set record Orange County Register
/ Jeff Collins
Tuesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
Tuesday's
Metal Prices AP via NJ Post
Experts
Can't Agree If Near-$3 Gasoline Is Sapping Demand Investor’s Business
Daily / Alan R. Elliott
Dollar
rises against euro AP via NJ Post
Colombia
Central Bank Raises Benchmark Rate to 6.5% Bloomberg / Andrea Jaramillo
DIARY-Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
US
chain store sales better so far in June—Redbook Reuters
U.S.
Economy: Housing Starts Rose More Than Expected in May Bloomberg /
Victor Epstein
IL:
New-home buyers in driver's seat Chicago Tribune / Sharon Stangenes
Fidelity
to split leading mutual fund in two $ FT
/ Robert Budden
Million-dollar
investors prefer cash Reuters
Self-regulation
a popular topic for hedge funds Chicago Tribune / Bill Barnhart
Rx
for Rattled Nerves -- Read Mutual Fund Tables Bloomberg / Chet Currier
Fees
on funds: Why pay more? Philadelphia Inquirer / Jeff Brown
Official hoped to hook
Nacchio Denver Post / Al Lewis
Tuesday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Bending
Steel Forbes / Paul Maidment
Oil
consumption seen soaring Reuters via CNN
The
SBA's New Master Forbes / Seth Martin
Number
of global millionaires grows AP via Seattle Times / Jim Krane
Swedish
central bank raises rates by quarter point Reuters via FT
Bank
of Japan Chief Apologizes for Scandal AP via Baltimore Sun / Yuri
Kageyama
Doom
And Gloom Daily Standard / Irwin Stelzer
Anxiety
Attack US News / James M. Pethokoukis
Inflation
Ravages U.S. Wages, Fueling Angst at Bush's Economy Bloomberg / Carlos
Torres
Housing
Starts in U.S. Probably Stayed Near 17-Month Low in May Bloomberg /
Victor Epstein
Piper
Jaffray Triggers G-37 Ban Bond Buyer / Lynn Hume
MA:
Bay State foreclosures rise to ten-year high Boston Herald / Jerry
Kronenberg
Fears
are growing of the US returning to isolationism Taipei Times / Richard
Halloran
Congress Rejects UN Taxes
Texas Straight Talk via Safehaven / Ron Paul
Cisco's
Connections US News / Justin Ewers
What's
Red, Familiar, Ubiquitous and May Be on Its Way Out? NY times / Eric
Dash
Financial Markets
Get Global Tech Central Station / Dominic Basulto
U.S.
Mint Giving 'Gold Bugs' a New Option Washington Post / Brooke A.
Masters
Shanghai
Copper Tumbles on Demand Fears, Down a Third Since May Bloomberg /
Chia-Peck Wong
Robust economy =
robust giving Christian Science monitor / Jane Lampman
Fed
Steals Punchbowl, Party Ends, Hangover Starts Bloomberg / Mark Gilbert
Crude
Oil Trades Near $69 After Falling on Signs of Iran Talks Bloomberg /
Gavin Evans
Schroder
Tells Europe to Trust Gazprom Moscow Times / Stephen Boykewich
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06/21
Volatile
stagnation harks back to '70s Dallas Morning News / Danielle DiMartino
Rising
costs don't faze small businesses AP via Beaufort Gazette / Joyce M.
Rosenberg
Hedging
the Fed Smartmoney.com / Steven M. Sears
Forecasting
with Small Macroeconomic VARs in the Presence of Instabilities Federal
Reserve Bank of Kansas City / Todd E. Clark and
Michael W. McCracken
Just Speculating Here,
but... Goldenbar via Safehaven / Ed Bugos
Morgan
Stanley $ FT / Lex
More
Currency ETFs to Debut Smartmoney / Lawrence Carrel
US fully
committed to reaching agreement in WTO talks, says Bush AFP via EU
Business
Teaching
Basic Economics to Fifth Graders Ludwig Von Mises Institute / Arthur E.
Foulkes
Canada:
Global Economic Forces and the Need for Adjustment Bank of Canada / David Dodge
Canada:
Take a deep breath on economy: Dodge Globe and Mail / Heather Scoffield
Germans are
daring to feel proud of their country again Knight Ridder / Matthew
Schofield
Fitch
launches unified hybrid rating methodology Reuters
US
Treasuries unchanged in dearth of economic data Reuters / Zubin Jelveh
Toothless
Fed CNN / Chris Isidore
CEO
Paycheck: $42,000 a day CNN / Jeanne Sahadi
Ford
on Ford Detroit Free Press / Sarah A.
Webster
Paulson
to Sell Goldman Stake, White House Aide Says Bloomberg / Alison
Fitzgerald and Michael Forsythe
U.S.
mortgage rates unchanged on Wednesday – BestInfo Reuters
S.F.-area home
sales down 20 percent in May Reuters via MSNBC
How
Do Managers Handle Proxies? AP via Las Vegas Sun / Ellen Simon
Painting for Profit
Slate / Daniel Gross
US
economy to avoid recession through 2008 –report Reuters / Jim Christie
Monumental
Branding Forbes / Tara Weiss
Morgan
Stanley 2Q Income More Than Doubles AP via MSN Money
CA:
It's a top-shelf housing sales slump Orange County Register / Jonathan
Lansner
Stocks
sizzle in summer sun CNN
Wednesday's
Stocktiming.com Analysis Stocktiming.com / Marty Chenard
Why
IPOs are hurting CNN / Grace Wong
FedEx
4th-Qtr Profit Climbs 27% on Shipping Demand Bloomberg / Mary
Schlangenstein
Crying
Foul In Short-Selling Land Forbes / Liz Moyer
US
Treasuries rise slightly in thin volume Reuters / Chris Reese
Morgan
Stanley CFO says June markets challenging Reuters
Oil
prices edge higher on inventory data AP via NJ Post
Wednesday
Gold Coin Prices AP via NJ Post
DIARY-Federal
Reserve Events Reuters
CA:
Home Sales Slowdown Could Settle In for a Stay LA Times / Annette
Haddad
UK:
Bank voted 7-1 for no rate change BBC News
Deutsche
Börse sees unhappy faces all around IHT / James Kanter
Banks
take stake in Chicago exchange $ FT /
Doug Cameron
Mortgage
Rates Increase, Application Volume Steady in Latest Survey Mortgage
Bankers Association
Fastest
Growing Cities Are Suburban AP via Washington Post / Stephen
Ohlemacher
Utah is no slouch on home
payments Salt Lake Tribune / Mike Gorrell
NC:
Fidelity has eye on new complex in N. Carolina Boston Herald / Scott
Van Voorhis
Republicans
Rally Around Plan to Limit, Not Repeal, Estate Tax Bloomberg / Ryan
Donmoyer
US effort to
rehab image falls short Christian Science Monitor / Howard LaFranchi
Chinese
Buy Udmurtneft for Rosneft Moscow Times / Catherine Belton
Rich
get even richer in third world Guardian / Hans Kundnani
The Fed
and the nickel dollar Asia Times / Wayne Jett
Surprise!
As Taxes Surge, States Aren't `Strapped' Bloomberg / Joe Mysak
Stagflation
Was That '70s Show, Not Today's Tale Bloomberg / Caroline Baum
Rocks,
Hard Places and the Deutsche Börse Offer NY Times / James Kanter
Tribune
Fracas Features Knee-Jerk Corporate Wisdom Bloomberg / David Pauly
Ford
May Miss 2008 Profit Goal as SUV Sales Slow, People Say Bloomberg /
Bill Koenig and John Lippert
Timber
Becomes Tool in Effort to Cut Estate Tax NY Times / Edmund L. Andrews
Global
gambling revenues expected to rise AP via NJ Post
Spain's
Looming Bust Will Hurt the Rest of Europe Bloomberg / Matthew Lynn
Ten Million
Reasons BOJ's Fukui Must Resign Bloomberg / William Pesek Jr.
Dollar
Drops on Speculation Fed Rate Increases Will Slow Growth Bloomberg /
Ron Harui and Kosuke Goto
Harvard
left in lurch over donation $ FT /
Andrew Jack
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