Availability of timely data is at the core of effective financial and economic analysis. The Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED) provides a vast array of economic time series via an intuitive graphical interface. If you want to get a read on the U.S. economy, FRED is an outstanding resource. The ability to quickly create customized charts makes it quick and easy to examine a wide range of data. In this article, I am going to show a number of these charts, while exploring the overall economic U.S. economic picture. (more…)
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The State of the Economy
Posted in Asset Allocation, Bonds, Inflation, Retirement, tagged bond yields, Consumer Price Index, Federal Reserve Economic Database, labor participation rate, recession, Treasury bonds, unemployment, unemployment rates, US economy on December 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Why Bond Yields Scare Me More Than Friday the 13th
Posted in Bonds, debt, financial planning, Global Investing, Inflation, Investors, Leverage, Long-term investing, Market Outlook, Market Timing, retirement income, retirement planning, Risk, Uncategorized, Volatility, tagged bubble, Consumer Price Index, CPI, Friday the 13th, Inflation, Mohammed El Erian, PIMCO, recession, Treasury bonds, yield on July 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Stock investors generally don’t have much to fear on Friday the 13th. Historically, Friday the 13th is a relatively calm day for stocks. Jason Zweig, who writes The Wall Street Journal’s Intelligent Investor column, says it’s usually a good day for investors and says superstition about trading on this supposedly unlucky day is one of the market’s “dumbest myths.”
Bond yields, however, are seriously worrying to Geoff Considine. Here’s why. (more…)
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