Clearly the market sentiment has seen a dramatic shift. In my column published last August "What's Missing From This Bull Market?" I focused on the fact that there had not been a period of investor euphoria. This comes from legendary investor John Templeton that bull markets "die on euphoria." more...
"I’m a professor of economics at Boston University. I’m one of many economists who is deeply concerned about the direction of America’s policy and the course of economic policy. I’ve taken the initiative to write you a playbook for economic reform. The playbook contains a number of very simply (postcard length) reforms, which I’ve developed with economists who specialize in taxes, healthcare, Social Security, banking, environmental economics, fiscal accounting, ...
How to Trade the GDP Number A lesson on what traders of the stock, futures, and forex markets look for when the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Number is released. As we have learned in previous lessons there are many components of the US Economy which can affect overall economic growth and inflation expectations. Some of the major examples here are how many people are employed in the economy vs. unemployed, how much the housing market is growing in different parts of ...
The Components of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) In addition to looking at the growth or lack thereof in the overall GDP number, traders will also look at the growth or lack there of in the different components that make up the number. As GDP represents the value of everything in an Economy you can imagine the amount of data that goes into compiling the number, much of which is published for market participants to view. By looking at the different pieces which make up GDP we can ...
GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History by Diane Coyle GDP is one economic model among several that could serve the purpose, but its use conveniently leads to policies that reflect the thinking of a particular school of economic monetary and fiscal policy advocates. We all know that in operating a business we need to be able to measure the profits of our company and then adjust our prices and production to make sure ...
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