I saw the great numbers on Industrial Production (IP) the other day and wondered what the heck is going on. So much of the data that I watch and…
In Tuesday’s podcast, I lied, saying that we’d be back as usual on Friday. I forgot that Friday was a market holiday. Even though I’m here, I suspect that most of you are not but are enjoying the holiday, as…
I saw the great numbers on Industrial Production (IP) the other day and wondered what…
Behind the initial claims headline number, the real story was a bit different (nothing new…
The mainstream media dutifully reported a 2.8% gain in the headline seasonally adjusted number for…
It tells a story about the success of QE in making stock market speculators rich, but as for everyone else, not so much.
In this regular Radio Free Wall Street podcast for subscribers, Lee Adler reveals the truth about inflation and retail sales, and discusses what could trigger a market and economic collapse in spite of central bank market support. Subscribers may click here to…
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Yes, the economy is doing so well that, in the coming final day of the…
In this regular Radio Free Wall Street podcast for subscribers, Russ Winter and Lee Adler Lee Adler discuss the recent trend of the players taking their marbles and going home. What does it mean for the markets? Lee points out…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has revamped its reporting system for weekly claims. Perhaps my…
Early openers determined to head up: Kiwis +0.7%, Aussies +0.5%, Nikkers +0.9% and Sth Korea +0.1%.
All green for Aussie sectors: IT +2.2%, Gold +2.1% and Consumer Discretionary +1%.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most inaccurate and distorted of all stock indices – and yet it remains the most followed stock market index.
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U.S. stocks jumped Tuesday as traders celebrated big news and deals across the pharmaceutical sector and better than expected economic data:
What would have been a demented propagandist’s flight of fancy a decade ago has become reality: For the first time in history, the US imports more oil from our dear and reliable neighbor Canada than from OPEC. With major consequences.
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The data-driven answer is probably the Netherlands or Canada.
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High-frequency trading (HFT) has an evil cousin: dark pools.
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) has been facing an unavoidable problem for almost a decade: Americans are drinking less soda.
So far we have experienced 7 million foreclosures. Beyond that there are still 9 million homeowners…
I have long identified diminishing returns as a key dynamic in the current unraveling of the Status Quo. Why is this so? We can summarize diminishing returns as dumping more money, capital, energy and effort into a system just to keep the output from falling to zero.
