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Jefferies analysts remain very positive on the large cap REIT names with high-quality portfolios. While they have top stocks to buy, they are very cautious on the sector overall.
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ThinkstockThere has been talk in Europe that Mario Draghi might have make more noise about vigilant policy to prevent weakness from arising, but very few in the investor community were expecting much...
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The Federal Reserve's reported balance sheet for the week ending December 25, 2013, was at $4.071 trillion, and the balance on December 25 was $4.074 trillion. A $10 billion per month of tapering...
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New U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data show that personal income in current dollars grew by 0.2% month over month and personal spending rose by 0.5% in November.
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ThinkstockThe Federal Open Market Committee just finished what is very likely its last or next to last real decision-making meeting under Ben Bernanke. The long and short of the matter is that...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve is due to start its two-day FOMC meeting to determine whether to taper its bond buying activities under its quantitative easing measure. If the Labor Department’s...
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ThinkstockNext year, U.S. wages will increase by about 1.5% after adjusting for inflation, according to ECA International estimates. In some parts of the world, wages will grow at double this rate,...
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ThinkstockThe latest Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October 29 to 30 FOMC meeting are indicating that tapering the $85 billion per month of bond buying could start in the coming months....
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department released its reading on inflation on Wednesday morning via the Consumer Price Index. Simply put, inflation is running too low and this is going to give Ben...
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ThinkstockLong live the trends of central bank easing! The European Central Bank (ECB) just delivered on what was being hoped for, and that is a formal interest rate cut. The ECB lowered the...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Federal Reserve may have slashed the Fed funds rate as low as humanly possible. After all, how can you beat zero percent (actually targeted 0.00% to 0.25%)? The answer is with...
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ThinkstockInflation is just not appearing in the broad economic numbers. A fresh report from the U.S. Department of Labor actually is not that fresh, but it is the most recent report on inflation...
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ThinkstockGood news is on the way for students who want to go to college. It appears as though the price hikes in college tuition are finally slowing. By now you have heard likely heard from many...
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ThinkstockWednesday morning brought yet another delayed economic report from the Labor Department. This was the import and export prices for September, and it is a precursor to inflation readings in...
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Jon OggThe stock and bond markets in the United States and internationally had to trade through a very unusual first Friday or the month because there was no Labor Department report on Unemployment...
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