Thursday, 11 June 2009

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Oil near $72 on economic recovery hopes

  • AP
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  • 06/11/2009 06:37 AM

Pre-Markets

  • CNBC
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  • 06/11/2009 04:18 AM

Treasuries Little Changed Leaving 10-Year Yield Near 4 Percent

  • Bloomberg
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  • 06/11/2009 06:39 AM

US dollar, gold lower in European trading

  • AP
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  • 06/11/2009 04:57 AM

European, Asian Shares Advance; U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise

  • Bloomberg
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  • 06/11/2009 04:12 AM

U.S. stock futures lean higher

  • Market Watch from Dow Jones
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  • 06/11/2009 06:38 AM

Quotable

“Financial operations do not lend themselves to innovation. What is recurrently so described and celebrated is, without exception, a small variation on an established design . . . The world of finance hails the invention of the wheel over and over again, often in a slightly more unstable version.”

John Kenneth Galbraith, A Short History of Financial Euphoria

Commentary

Credit Bubble Bulletin

by Doug Noland | Jun 5

Counter-Cyclical or Counterproductive?

Market yields are on the move.

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The Bear's Lair

by Martin Hutchinson | Jun 8

A Decade of Low Productivity Growth

Productivity growth, the most mysterious of economic statistics, was announced Thursday for the first quarter of 2009 – revised upwards from 0.8% to 1.6%.

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Featured Commentary

by Lila Manassa, CFA | Jun 3

When it Comes to Gold, It’s About Choosing the Right Companies

The precious metals sector is a useful hedge against a weakening U.S. dollar and irresponsible fiscal and monetary policies, but research is crucial to determining how and what to buy.

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Guest Commentary

by Satyajit Das | May 18

Catastrophic to Awful! - The Banking Spin Cycle

The recent rally in equity markets – the largest for decades – was predicated, in part, on the improving fortune of banks.

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