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13 hours ago ago from HeatingOil.com » Blog
Jonathan Xiong, director of Mellon Capital Management, at the Reuters Investment Summit.(image: reuters.com) It might be convincingly argued that financial markets operate according to an inverse law of gravity: What comes down must go up. In other words, when the prices of certain commodities sink, they will, like buoys, pop back up. At least that’s what analysts claimed at last week’s Reuters Investment Summit , which ...
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20 hours ago ago from The Helicopter Economics Investing Guide
The 'Helicopter Economics Investing Guide' is meant to help educate people on how to make profitable investing choices in the current economic environment. We have coined this term to describe the current monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. government, which involve unprecedented money printing. This is the official blog of the New York Investing meetup. While stocks and commodities have had spectacular rallies since last March, a few ...
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15 hours ago ago from Magic Mushroom Shelter
-- The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. By Martin Hutchinson WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Global inflation is set to present policymakers with a cruel dilemma. After falling early in 2009, prices in many countries have resumed rising. The 1.8 percent November rise in the U.S. producer price index (PPI) is only the latest example of this. The need to squash rising inflation ...
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19 hours ago ago from The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
SMT Reports Geoscientists See Coming Increases in Oil Prices Approximately 50 percent of respondents predicted global peak oil supply to occur either between ten and twenty years from now, or beyond twenty years. The other 50 percent indicated that it had already occurred, or would occur within the next ten years. Chakrabarti commented that this data would serve as a principal "hot topic" for industry debates and forums in 2010. "The issue ...
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9 hours ago ago from Humble Student of the Markets
With the news yesterday that producer prices came in at 1.8% , which was well ahead of market expectations of 1.0%, the markets should have been spooked. Instead of the DJIA being down 200 points, the market finish down only 49 on the day. Perhaps it was in reaction to the news that China indicating that inflation was not likely to be a serious problem in the near future. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also had a very relaxed ...
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19 hours ago ago from CNN Money
TRADING CENTER Oil steadies after a 9-day retreat December 15, 2009: 9:38 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) -- Oil paused on Tuesday below $70 a barrel after falling for nine straight days, its longest continuous decline in eight years, as markets looked to U.S. storage data and dollar movements for further direction. U.S. crude for January delivery rose six cents to $69.57 ...
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19 hours ago ago from CNN Money
Wholesale prices rise 1.8% in November December 15, 2009: 8:50 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in November, lifted by a surge in energy costs, and recorded the first year-on-year gain since last November, according to a government report on Tuesday. The Labor Department said the seasonally adjusted index for prices paid at the farm and factory gate jumped 1.8%, the largest gain in three months, ...
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17 hours ago ago from CNN Money
TRADING CENTER Treasurys fall on renewed inflation fears December 15, 2009: 10:56 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) -- U.S. Treasury debt prices fell Tuesday after a government report showing a big jump in producer prices rekindled inflation anxiety in advance of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. The surprisingly large 1.8% rise in the Producer Price Index in November ...
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18 hours ago ago from BloggingStocks
All is not well in paradise. Producer prices rose 2.4% in November . While this the first gain this year, the size of the jump was much more than expected and the highest since October 2008. At than time we were coming off record oil prices. Analysts had expected a meager 1.6% rise, a surge in energy prices in the past month contributed to a much higher rise. The Federal Reserve is meeting today and tomorrow. The Fed will then issue its ...
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