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David Frum on the Bank Tax

January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Agree or not with his politics, but David Frum nailed the bank tax:

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State by State Unemployment, October 2009

November 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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State by State Unemployment, September 2009

October 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Pfizer Gets Downgraded, Just Four AAAs Remain

October 22, 2009 · 1 Comment

By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com

S&P downgraded Pfizer late last week due to their recent increase in debt.  In order to finance their acquisition of Wyeth, Pfizer increased their long term debt from $7.1B to $31.8B over the past year, an Keep reading →

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State by State Unemployment, August 2009

September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com

aug state umemp heat map

New England, DC area, and the Midwest are Fairing Better than Average.

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Back to Investment Basics

September 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com

I was just reading an article on Bloomberg.com about a Chinese investor who lost over half a million dollars due to the collapse of Lehman.

Says the article: “Her children lost another HK$3.8 million because Yu had persuaded them to make similar investments. ’There is no way a Keep reading →

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Which Dow Stock Will Hit a New High?

September 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment

By Joe Chase of IndexBeating.com

29 of 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components notched their current 52-week highs more than 333 days ago.  28 reached their recent high point in September of 2008, JP Morgan hit it in early October, and Exxon Mobil hit its high point on December 16th of last year.  8 have their Keep reading →

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State by State Unemployment, July 2009

August 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

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