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    BLS: Job Openings "Little Unchanged" at 7.7 million in October - From the BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary *the number of job openings was little changed at 7.7 million on the last business day of October*, ...
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    Dr. Strange Move or How I Learned to Love the Bill - After a couple of years of disinflation, the Fed changed directions and started lowering rates. By most measures, the economy had been humming along near a...
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    NVIDIA Revisited - On August 26, 2023, 5 days before it a new closing hi at 493.55, I wrote a critical post about NVDA - the stock, not the company. After that, the stoc...
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  • Mish Talk - Global Economic Trend Analysis
    Think There's a Strong Labor Market? Then Think Again - The economy is adding more workers, but they are working much fewer hours on average. Average Weekly Hours 2019-Present Across the board, people are work...
    1 year ago
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    Stay away from popular tech stocks, part II - Last August, I wrote a blog post arguing that largest technology and internet companies -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft -- would never grow i...
    3 years ago
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    Updating the HF Indicators - I posted this over on Seeking Alpha. Not much good seems to be happening, and I am concerned about the low pace of construction and a likely end to the sho...
    4 years ago
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Deep Sorrow for Your Loss (Musical Tribute)

May 17, 2012
Mish: My Wife Joanne Has Passed Away; Stop and Smell the Lilacs

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