Deflation Arrives in the UK but “Avoided” in US?
September 9, 2009 – 1:05 pm | No Comment

Two contrasting statements are hitting the front pages today.  On one side of the Atlantic, deflation has arrived in the U.K. High Streets. A report from British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Nielsen Shop Price Index shows that …

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Asian Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Shippers Drop; Telstra Advances – BusinessWeek
March 10, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment
Asian Stocks Fluctuate as Oil, Shippers Drop; Telstra Advances
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Yesterday in New York, the gauge rose 0.2 percent on the anniversary of its 2009 bear-market low, amid speculation the economy will continue to recover from

Australia shares tread water a year after market low – Ninemsn
March 10, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

Australia shares tread water a year after market lowNinemsnBy Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE, March 10 (Reuters) – Australian stocks ended dead flat on Wednesday, on the one-year anniversary of the bear market’s …

Confidence still wanting despite one-year rally – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 9, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

Confidence still wanting despite one-year rallySt. Louis Post-Dispatch“When you are coming out of a bear market and you get a strong year like we’ve had, the second year is usually decent, too,” he said. …

Global stocks pull back from 6-week highs, euro slips – U.S. Daily (press release) (subscription)
March 9, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

Global stocks pull back from 6-week highs, euro slipsU.S. Daily (press release) (subscription)“Only once was ‘year two’ a year of negative return,” it said, referring to the early 1930s bear market. It said the average …

Mutual Understanding: Former Internet-fund stars 10 years after the bust (Market Watch)
March 8, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

They were masters of a parallel universe, the soul-mates of a new technology. Then the real world intruded on mutual fund managers who’d been Poseidons astride the Internet-stock wave.

John Prestbo’s Indexed Investor: Bull’s first year holds lessons for investors (Market Watch)
March 8, 2010 – 1:00 am | No Comment

What a difference a year makes. I last wrote those words on Oct. 8, 2008, one year after the U.S. stock market peaked. This time, the occasion is happier.