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Treadmill Economics

A day hardly goes by that doesn’t offer the unexpected.  Just when we thought the economy was rolling over to take a big fall something remarkable happened… “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 288,000, and the unemployment rate fell by … Continue reading

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Where the Stock Market Must Go

“May you live in interesting times,” goes the ancient Chinese proverb.  While this sounds like a blessing at first…it’s really not.  Rather, it’s a curse. Without a doubt, we live in interesting times.  Events unfold in sequences so rapid no … Continue reading

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Fed Policy Reduction

To sharpen the mind and calibrate the senses we begin with an old paradox… “A man says that he is lying,” posited fourth century BC Greek philosopher Eubulides of Miletus.  “Is what he says true or false?” You tell us…  … Continue reading

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Tomato Economics

No one quite understands what’s going on with the economy as far as we can tell.  Looking to government reports for answers doesn’t help much either.  In fact, the government’s economic data actually generates more questions than answers. For instance, … Continue reading

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