Market & Economy

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The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Christopher Barker	Are Investors Canaries in a Coal Mine? A brutal correction among coal and steel stocks blindsides investors.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Morgan Housel	Outrage of the Week: Seeking Oil Scapegoats While many factors have played a role in oil's rise, it's a little troubling that apparently, no one blames themselves for consuming too much oil -- at least according to the survey results.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Christopher Barker	This Week in Commodities Despite the shortened week for the 4th of July, there were plenty of fireworks within the volatile world of commodities.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2008 Morgan Housel	Tearing Apart the Consumer Price Index The torture chamber of adjustments the Consumer Price Index goes through in order to calculate inflation is probably one most supreme courts would deem unconstitutional. Here are a few important CPI contortions to keep in mind.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	What's Really Driving Oil Prices? It's easy to blame speculators for oil prices, but they may not be guilty.
Financial Advisor July 2008 Evan Simonoff	Editor's Note This year's Pershing INSITE conference provided an opportunity for a hero of the 1990s, Alan Greenspan, whose image has been tarnished in the last 12 months, to shed some light on our current economic predicament.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2008 Morgan Housel	Clouds Gather Over the Economy Weekly roundup of economic news: Federal Reserve leaves key federal funds rate unchanged... Oil runs amuck... Good news for banks ... maybe... Consumer confidence slipped to its fifth-lowest level ever...
Fast Company July 2008 Robert Safian	Editor's Letter: Market Manipulation Saving the planet through the carbon-credit market.
Investment Advisor July 2008 Vaughan Scully & Beth Piskora	Riding The Rally In Natural Resources As the U.S. economy slows under the weight of the weakened housing market, a strong rally in major commodity markets, especially oil, is setting off alarm bells portending stronger inflation. ETFs make investing in commodities easier.
Investment Advisor July 2008 Jeff Joseph	The Vicious Credit Cycle Goes Round and Round Financial institutions remain under threat from a self-feeding spiral of debt contraction that fuels asset liquidation that in turn triggers more debt contraction.
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