Existing home sales in the US rose 4.3% in January 2012 to 4.57 million annualized units from the downwardly revised 4.38 million seen in December 2011 (initially reported as 4.61 million). Today’s increase was larger than the 1.0% increase expected by markets; however, the downward revision to the previous month
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Earlier, I wrote that Facebook’s (FB) IPO is becoming a sucker’s bet. On its IPO debut, Facebook started at $42, hit a high of $45 for a brief moment, and then [...]
By Steven Vincent:
Let me start by clarifying something. I am not saying that the market could crash spectacularly in the next few days and that in that event the Facebook (FB) IPO would be a [...]
By Chuck Carnevale:
There is a confluence of factors that are painting a very odd picture of current investor behavior. Common sense and a careful analysis of the market dynamics between equities and bonds today would [...]
By Sami J. Karam:
Expectations of a robust housing recovery are not well supported by US demographics.
From Bloomberg News (February 8, 2012): Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told investors and analysts in a [...]