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Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s manufacturing and service industries contracted at the slowest pace in 15 months in August, adding to signs the worst recession in more than six decades is easing. A composite index of both industries in the 16-member euro region rose to 50 from 47 in July...

Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Europe’s manufacturing and service industries contracted at the slowest pace in 15 months in August, adding to signs the worst recession in more than six decades is easing. A composite index of both industries in the 16-member euro region rose to 50 from 47 in July...

Just an idea: http://www.kellyhollingsworth.com/

China's net flow of goods and services, or its current account surplus, shrank 32 percent this year to June as the global recession clamped down on exports for the world's third largest economy. It is the first decline in the nation's current account surplus since 2004. Current account...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/cbuilder?ticker1=BDIY%3AIND The trend is your friend...

Oh the Chinese like very much to invest into real assets - even the pig farmers and housewives there : Copper, nickel and other base metals stockpiled by speculative Chinese investors including pig farmers may be sold when “market sentiment turns,” said Scotia Capital Inc. ...

Since making an all-time closing high of 80.86 on November 20th 2008, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has been declining in the direction of its historical mean of 20.22. While the initial drop in the VIX took it rapidly from 80 to the 40-50 range, it took some time before investors began to...

Worth another headline in German gazettes...:cool:

Assumptions of CAPM All Investors: Aim to maximize economic utility. Are rational and risk-averse. Are price takers, i.e., they cannot influence prices. Can lend and borrow unlimited under the risk free rate of interest. Trade without transaction or taxation costs. Deal with...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is developing plans to wind down the popular Cash for Clunkers program and could announce by Friday when the incentives will no longer be available. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday the department would announce within 48 hours how...

Maybe an idea http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-mallik/10/A2A/A89 :)

Hedge funds have raised their bets on a fall in voting shares in Volkswagen (VW) since mid-July, The Wall Street Journal reports. Short sellers seem to be betting that if the proposed merger between VW and Porsche fails, VW’s shares will drop. The number of shares borrowed is equivalent to...

Maybe it has something to do with this sort of headlines ? Finally, Allegations Stevie Cohen Can Get Behind: Hormone Investigation ‘Reveals’ Possible Sexism SAC CNBC reports that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken the unusual step of performing...

Locals pushing S&P in the pit...

Philly Fed will be the decisive piece of data...

I don't think so. At one point the world will realize how many jobs have been "outsourced" to China. The "new" movement will be named "protectionism"...

I like the idea...In vino veritas ! :) Hum...when will the first wine derivatives exchange be set up ? :confused:

Seems, initial jobless claims and Philly fed will decide whether we will fill the gap above 5327.00 or not...

So say Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists — and it’s all because of those debt-ridden US consumers. For years US consumers have binged on cheap credit and provided the demand needed to match China’s furious supply. The result was prosperity and growth. But it’s time now to stop...