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US Daily Cash Deficit February 2015

The US Daily Cash Deficit for Friday 2/27/2015 was $39.4B bringing the February full month cash deficit to $211B, $1B over my initial estimate of a $210B deficit for the month. So hooray for wild ass ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Greecification Of Spanish Politics And The Lies Of Spain’s Ministers

There’s an excellent post on Keep Talking Greece this evening on the simmering feud between Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras and Spanish prime minister Minister Mariano Rajoy. Tsipras made a ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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It’s Not A Stock Bubble But A Bigger Corp. Bubble

Guest post by Alhambra Investment Partners. It’s Not A Stock Bubble But A Bigger Corporate Bubble With liquidity running somewhat perilously noncommittal since June, you would think the riskiest ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The 5 Best Large Caps

Today I used Barchart to sort the S&P 500 Large Cap Index stocks to find the stocks with the highest technical buy signals. I then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts.Today’s l...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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From Market Failure To Market Success

Become a Public Policy Thinker in Three Easy Steps by Ajay Shah, ajayshahblog Step 1:What’s the market failure? Each of us tends to get unhappy at some feature of the world or the other. As an ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Gold Remains Range-Bound

Gold prices fell $2.56 an ounce on Tuesday, extending the previous day’s losses, as caution set in ahead of important data releases. The XAU/USD pair dipped to a low of 1195.27 before bouncing ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Bank Of Canada Urges ‘Star Trek’ Fans To Stop ‘Spocking’ Their Fivers

Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop “Spocking” its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy’s death, Canadian folks have been “Spocking” the hell out of the five dollar bi...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Solutions Start With Innovation And Transparency

Innovation is selectively restrained in systems controlled by vested interests. Just as everyone supports “solutions” until the solutions crush their share of the swag, everybody supports ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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India Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate “Pre-Emptively” For Second Time In 2 Months

In a surprise move, the RBI just cut its main interest rates for the second time in two months, taking it from 6.75% to 6.50%, in what the central bank calls a “pre-emptive” policy move, but what ...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Saving Money On Non-Perishables Online

I’m no stranger to shopping online, in fact, my wife and I have been big advocates for doing your entire grocery shopping online for a while now. However, until recently the only shops offering this...
On March 4, 2015 / By Kurt Osterberg