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Occupy Wall Street: Must Know Facts About Big Banks
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/21/2011 09:25 -0500
Even with the Dodd-Frank financial reform, from a market perspective, there are still issues within the structure of the current banking operation that are not adequately addressed.
Arab Spring: Counting Costs and [Oil] Profits In MENA
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/16/2011 18:12 -0500A new study concludes that so far, oil exporters were winners and oil importers losers of Arab Spring. In aggregate, the Arab Spring has actually provided a positive economic boost across the region worth almost $39 billion.
The Pitfall Of Rock Star Economists
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/16/2011 00:43 -0500Economists need to get back to being actual economists and not market directional cheerleaders.
Arab Spring To BRIC Watershed: Countries Most Likely To Have Armed Riots
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/14/2011 18:16 -0500Countries and regions most likely to have armed riots based on the Conflict Intensity Index
Marc Faber: Long The Dollar, But Occupy The Federal Reserve
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/13/2011 13:00 -0500It was Washington and the lobbyists who created the system that Wall Street uses to profit. So Occupy Wall Street should move to DC and Occupy the Federal Reserve on the way.
China Currency Bill: Politics vs. Economics
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/10/2011 18:45 -05003 big questions for anyone supporting the China Currency Bill
Netflix: What Not To Wear At The High Stake Tech Party
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/09/2011 11:45 -0500When a pure momentum stock lost its mementum.....
Remembering Steve Jobs: 15 Fascinating Facts You Don't Know About
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/08/2011 11:39 -0500Our tribute to Steve Jobs..
Let The Dust Settle Before Getting Into Apple
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/08/2011 11:32 -0500Gone are the days of the continued stellar Apple stock returns in the iSteve era, while investors are now looking for the next Apple.
College Dropouts And Unemployment, At What Cost?
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/02/2011 07:41 -0500High college dropout rate has been a persistent trend in the U.S. for decades. One study put the cost to nation at $4.5 billion per year in lost earnings and tax revenues. Meanwhile, Russia and South Korea now outrank the U.S. in terms of college graduate rate.
4 Market Signs Signaling a Recession
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/30/2011 20:43 -0500Inflection points on four key markets that would serve as definitive indicators that the world is in a double-dip recession.
How To Land A Tech Job at Apple, Google and Facebook
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/28/2011 21:08 -0500As dismal as the U.S. employment outlook seems to be, tech sector led by innovation is one of the very few bright spots left with corporations looking to insource IT and Indian firms coming to the U.S. hunting for IT engineers.
Goldman Sachs Rules The World? Have You Looked At Their Stock Price Lately??
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/26/2011 22:26 -0500If Goldman rules the world where governments around the world fail as Alessio Rastani claimed, then GS stock chart should not look this ugly-- down almost 50%-- in the past 24 months.
The Split Personality of Gasoline and Diesel
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/26/2011 10:02 -0500U.S. Diesel could see significant price spikes before year-end while gasoline demand is at 10-year low.
Roubini and Soros Say The U.S. Already in A Double Dip Recession and Warn of Uprising
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/25/2011 02:01 -0500Roubini and Soros talked the same double dip recession doom regarding the U.S. and the rest of the world.
