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First they came for our jobs, but I did not complain because...
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U.S. Census: Foreign Trade
Tuesday: Richmond Fed Mfg
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and are for top tier scenarios.
Tuesday:
• At 10:00 AM ET, *Richmond Fed Survey...
3 hours ago
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Somebody somewhere is eating a whole lot of bread...
I'm very surprised to see:
2) Coal and Fuels, other
4) Petroleum Products, other
6) Fuel oil
7)Metallurgical grade coal
That's a lot of energy going out the door.
JzB
Audrey,
Bread is a highly complex product. ;)
October 5, 2011
The Case Against Commodities
Institutional investors have plowed tens of billions more into structured investment products, such as swaps tied to commodity indexes, according to Barclays.
Structured product
On the other hand the goal for the investment banks was to increase profit margins since the newer products with added features were harder to value, so that it was harder for the banks' clients to see how much profit the bank was making from it.
highly complex - the complexity of the return calculations means few truly understand how the structured product will perform relative to simply owning the underlying asset
Jazzbumpa,
Perhaps we'll make it up on semiconductors. NOT!
Semiconductor exports actually fell 5.9% from $31.654 billion to $29.801 billion. Oops.
this is standard fare for less developed countries
purple,
I have often joked that I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat.
I'm a Banana Republican. Sigh.
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