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A fair amount to cover going into the Fed announcement on rates tomorrow. For now, the money centers on “no change” but, of course, a “hot” CPI number could blow all that. Let’s unwrap that pickle first: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in November on a seasonally adjusted basis,

A fair amount to cover going into the Fed announcement on rates tomorrow.  For now, the money centers on “no change” but, of course, a […]

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Reader Note: I made a couple of changes to the site you may notice, depending on caffeine loading. The first is the home page is now two columns (except on phones) so you can scan what’s going on more quickly. The other change is to underline links in our content, so it’s (more) clear you’re

Reader Note:  I made a couple of changes to the site you may notice, depending on caffeine loading. The first is the home page is […]

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And with the news, look for markets to back off on silly-talk of rate cuts. Because the Fed wants 2 percent inflation, not the four-something percent of now: NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 28, 2023: S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S.

And with the news, look for markets to back off on silly-talk of rate cuts. Because the Fed wants 2 percent inflation, not the four-something […]

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Our Monday diatribe begins by noticing that the Market is not sure what to make of this “Momentary Peace Talk” going around. Because, when comes down to it, it’s like we told you some weeks back: “Ceasefires tend to happen when both sides run low on ammunition.” An example of this shapes up in Ukraine.

Our Monday diatribe begins by noticing that the Market is not sure what to make of this “Momentary Peace Talk” going around.  Because, when comes […]

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The Velvet Revolutio in Czechoslovakia.

On November 17, 1989, massive antigovernment demonstrations in Czechoslovakia were set off by police brutality at a demonstration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the suppression […]