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More on the BS of the BLS that magically conjured job growth out of job losses

Trimtabs’ Charles Biderman on the suspicious jobs report that encouraged risk traders on Friday. “The biggest headline for all financial media today is that the US economy added a much more than expected 243,000 jobs in January, and 446,000 jobs … Continue reading →

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Hard times for hedge fund investors

After a bad week for alternative asset managers, John Authers, Long View columnist and James Mackintosh, investment editor, discuss hedge funds’ long term performance and why it’s a good time to be a hedge fund manager but not to be … Continue reading →

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Sipping perrier at the bush party

Some articles today worth considering: Deleveraging will take over as everyone runs out of ammunition Lacy Hunt on The roadblock to recovery ECRI recession call: growth index contraction eases (good charts) Pimco’s Mohamed El- Erian on this morning’s stronger than … Continue reading →

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