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| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XII - Issue #225 | August 05, 2013 |
| The idea is there, locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone. Michelangelo |  | |
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Investing has never been easy! Nowadays, the process of investing equals “walking on a minefield”. Normally, a prudent and savvy investor watched a number of market and economic indicators — leading, coincident and lagging — in order to get some sort of a feel about where the equity markets are headed in future quarters and years. Market signals, however, seem to have gone wild in all senses. What’s an investor to do, then? ... Read more
The U.S. government posted the biggest June budget surplus on record, after receiving big dividend payments of almost $67 billion from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ... Read more
Tables:
- MARKETS AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 2, 2013
- U.S. FIXED-INCOME MARKET AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 2, 2013
- COMMODITIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 2, 2013
- PULSE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY - As a Guidance for Other Geographies
- CURRENCIES AT A GLANCE - Close as of August 2, 2013
- MONETARY POLICY-MAKING AROUND THE WORLD - The Leading Seven ...
- ... and the BRICs ...
Charts:
- U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average -- 2009-2013
- U.S. Dow Jones Transportation Average -- 2009-2013
- U.S. Standard and Poor's Composite index -- MACD -- 2005-2013
- U.S. Standard and Poor's 500 -- QEs -- 2007-2013
- Thomson-Reuters Equal Weight Continuous Commodity Index -- QEs -- 2007-2013
- COPPER, New York High Grade -- Comex spot -- 2007-2013
- GOLD, London PM Fix spot -- 2007-2013
- Crude Oil -- West Texas Intermediate -- spot -- 2007-2013
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 10year constant maturity -- 2007-2013
- U.S. Treasury Yields -- 30year constant maturity -- 2007-2013
- In the Rear-view Mirror: Inferential Focus -- July 2003
- U.S. Federal Budget -- 2012-2013
- U.S. Housing Permits -- 1960-2013
- U.S. Housing Starts -- 1960-2013
- Fannie Mae 2010-2013
- Indian Rupee and India's Current Account Deficit -- 2001-2013
- Reserve Bank of Australia -- target cash rate -- 2011-2013
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