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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Dollar gains, stocks slip for year end (Tiscali)
December 31, 2009 – 9:59 pm | No Comment

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained on Thursday but world stocks edged lower as a number of equity markets posted their best annual performance in years in anticipation of recovery from the worst recession …

String of investment bubbles mark one of the worst decades for stocks (USA Today)
December 31, 2009 – 9:59 pm | No Comment

A string of exploding investment bubbles that started with the dot-coms and ended with mortgages and oil dominated the years from 2000 to 2009. And it looks like the next decade will be no different.

Tumultuous 2009 on Wall Street set to end on positive note (Sydney Morning Herald)
December 31, 2009 – 2:59 pm | No Comment

Wall Street suffered the slings and arrows of one of the most tumultuous years in stock market history in 2009, but has managed a stunning recovery and is poised to end the year with some …

Stock market closes the books today on a ‘lost decade’ (Baltimore Sun)
December 31, 2009 – 2:59 pm | No Comment

For the first time since the 1930s, the Dow is ending lower for the period. Some see value in the market now. The U.S. stock market today will close out its best year since 2003, …

Where’s next bubble? (Beloit Daily News)
December 31, 2009 – 7:59 am | No Comment

Last decade’s market kept building overpriced assets, causing explosions