GDP Contracts 1% in Q2 – Reuters Why Investors Should Ignore GDP – RealClearMarkets Government Revises GDP Growth for the Last 70 Years – Crossing Wall Street Cash for Clunkers Out of Cash – Wall Street Journal Government Adds $2B for Clunkers Plan – Bloomberg CFTC’s Gensler Determined to Act – Reuters U.S. Housing Turning [...]

Unemployment Jumps to 6.5% – Bloomberg Retailers Report Sales Collapse – New York Times Libor’s Decline Continues – Bloomberg How to End the Recession – The Nation FDIC is Another Government Lender at Risk – BusinessWeek The Hedge Fund Business, Explained – Clusterstock Aftershocks From the October Meltdown – Sir Charts-a-Lot Weekly Foreign Exchange Review [...]

Buffett: My Fix for the Economy – CNNMoney Time to Bet on an Oil Crunch – CNNMoney Trichet Says ECB Discussed Rate Cut as Growth Slowed – Bloomberg Lumber Plunges to 17-Year Low as Slumping Economy Cuts Demand – Bloomberg Gold, Silver Futures Fall On Speculation Bailout Bill Will Pass – Bloomberg Short-Selling “Math Geek” [...]

U.S. Takes Control of Mortgage Giants Fannie & Freddie – Wall Street Journal LTCM Is a Short-Term Memory – New York Times A Delicate Balance in Fannie/Freddie Action – Financial Times The Economy’s Uncertain Outlook – Weekly Standard Welcome to the Mortgage Business – Ciovacco Capital Is the Dollar Really King? (PDF) – Brown Brothers [...]