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Category Archives: Economics
Fiscal Cliff Offers
Via Wongblog, this is the best description of the negotiations I’ve seen yet:
Saving Money With Fidelity Products
I often find myself explaining to friends how they can save some money by using a couple Fidelity Investments products. The other day it occurred to me that I might as well turn my typical rant into a post. Full disclosure … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, General, Markets Tagged American Express, ATM Fees, Cash Account, Cash Back, Credit Cards, Fidelity Investments, Finance, Rewards 1 Comment
Stimulus Plan Brings Foodie’s to Southie
There’s been a lot of debate about whether or not the stimulus plan worked. At the time it was passed, many argued that it wouldn’t be fast enough, that the projects would take so long to get underway that it wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Boston/Cambridge, Current Events, Economics 1 Comment
The Great Norwegian Butter Shortage of 2011
This article threw me for a number of reasons. I’ll comment on it paragraph by paragraph: “An acute butter shortage in Norway, one of the world’s richest countries, has left people worrying how to bake their Christmas goodies with store … Continue reading
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Death to the Penny
Via Marginal Revolution, this is very well-done:
2011 Market Factor Performance
Via The Big Picture, BofA Merrill has a very interesting graphic showing the out-performance/under-performance of various quantitative market factors for stocks in the S&P 500. Quantitative market factors are investment signals studied in academia and/or used by investors:
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AA+ What?
Kid Dynamite: “In case you’ve been living under a rock: Standard and Poors downgraded the credit rating for the United States of America last night, from AAA to AA+.” It seems that at this point S&P is generally viewed as … Continue reading
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Corn Subsidies in One Chart
I’ve heard lots of arguments from both sides about the merits of domestic corn subsidies, but I think this chart pretty much sums everything up: Either directly, or indirectly, we consume too much corn. Thanks to my brother for pointing … Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Debt
The debt debacle has obviously been well covered in the news and on the blogosphere. James Fallows puts the impact of policies into perspective: The point is that governments can respond to but not control external shocks. That’s why we … Continue reading
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