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Top of Mind Charts and What They Show

Charts

I am a huge fan of the Daily Shot. It is a daily composition of charts and interesting news clips that allow subscribers to get a very good feel for what is going on around the world in stock and bond markets,

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Averting Disaster-When a Financial Bubble Bursts

Wall StreetThis week [April 2015] the NASDAQ finally exceeded its previous high reached in March 2001. Here is a graph that shows what happens when a financial bubble bursts.

NASDAQ Composite Index Financial Bubble

Since 2009, however, it has been essentially a straight shot upward as if nothing were going to get in its way from reclaiming a new high.

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My Random Thoughts and Observations This Week

Random-Brussels Attack

Rather than diving into deep philosophical exposition and heavy economics, I thought I would go a different direction this week and share some random thoughts and items that have caught my attention recently.

My 14 Random Thoughts

Garry Shandling

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Are We Now on Recession Watch?

recession watch

The CFA Institute recently polled its members regarding whether the United States will enter into a recession in 2016. 875 members responded and the following table shows the results.

Will the US Experience a Recession in 2016?

Reader Survey Recession

Source: CFA Institute Financial NewsBrief

70% are in the camp that a recession will not take place in 2016.

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Last Interest Rate Rant of 2015 - I PROMISE!

Rate-RantI promise this is the last time in 2015 that I will discuss interest rates and my strong belief that the Fed is making a big mistake by raising rates, which is expected to happen this week. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, then multiple pictures should be worth many thousands of words.

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Signs That The Feds Levee May Be Springing Leaks

Levee LeakThere is obviously a lot of conjecture as to what the impact of the Fed embarking upon its first increase in short-term interest rates in over nine years will be. Markets are discounting mechanisms so what most people are talking about today the market often has moved on from awhile back.

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