December 26, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The topic of this post is simple: The value of cash in uncertainty. You can guess what prompts it: The looming U.S. fiscal cliff. And the uncertainties that accompany it.
December 21, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
From a cynical U.S. perspective, it’s hard to see what all the hoo-hah is about. Boehner’s Plan B was never a real proposal in the first place. It was a political stunt designed to embarrass Democrats—and not a particularly well-designed one.
December 17, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Call it a tug of war between fear of the consequences of the U.S. fiscal cliff and hopes that a wave of stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan will drive stock prices higher. On the one side the Fed’s promise to buy $85 billion a month in Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, and severe political pressure on the Bank of Japan to turn on the monetary pumps. On the other, worries about the U.S.fiscal cliff
November 29, 2012 | Mid Term, You Might Have Missed |
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November 19, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Existing home sales climbed to an annual rate of 4.79 million in October, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s up from the 4.69 million annual rate in September. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com had projected a 4.7 million annual rate for October
November 16, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Want to know how far the financial markets have swung toward fear of the fiscal cliff this week? Notice that all it took to turn the U.S. stock market indexes around this morning was some vague optimism expressed after a meeting convened by the White House. The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, which had tumbled to 1344 had recovered to 1360 as of 1 p.m. New York time.
November 16, 2012 | Mid Term |
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November 7, 2012 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Today is one of those days when we’ve got a big stock market move in the United States—the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 2.25% or nearly 300-points at 1 p.m. New York time—and two big potentially market-moving events–Obama’s re-election and a vote in Athens amidst a huge rally and sporadic violence on the newest austerity package. So what is the explanation for today’s market drop?
November 5, 2012 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
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November 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
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October 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
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May 7, 2012 | Long Term |
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