Market & Economy

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HBS Working Knowledge February 15, 2012 Bower et al.	Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point The market system cannot work if its consequences are seen to be unfair, because its benefits are not distributed widely. That is what our business leaders said -- and that seems to be what the protesters are saying as well.
IndustryWeek February 15, 2012 David Blanchard	10 Steps to Identify and Prevent Resource Scarcity The threat of metals shortages is putting manufacturing supply chains at risk.
IndustryWeek January 31, 2012 Josh Cable	GE Barometer: Executives Believe Innovation and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand However, uncertainty in the global economy is curbing their companies' appetites for risk and making it harder for them to find capital.
Registered Rep. February 14, 2012 David Geracioti	Von Aldo: Bullish Sentiment as Contrarian Indicator Explained Yesterday, I posted a story about the American Association of Individual Investors' market sentiment indicator turned bullish. And when that happens, it often is a contrarian signal.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 David A. Geracioti	Von Aldo: Uh-oh. AAII Market Retail Sentiment Poll Inches Across Optimism Line The American Association of Individual Investors poll -- a gauge of retail investors' market optimism/pessimissm -- crossed into the bullish reading, with a score of 51.6% bullish against 20.2% bearish. Historically, this is bad news.
Registered Rep. February 13, 2012 Stan Luxenberg	Searching for Yield Yield-starved investors have good reason to be increasingly frustrated. Money-market funds yield next to nothing, and 5-year Treasuries yield less than 1 percent. TIPS sport negative yields.
Registered Rep. February 10, 2012 David A. Geracioti	Von Aldo: Earnings Momentum is Fading; But Still Take a Bullish Stance Last week I attended the TD Ameritrade Institutional Annual Conference and was treated to a rousing, animated lecture by Prof. Jeremy Siegel of Wharton and WisdomTree ETF family. Boy, was he bullish.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	RIA Rising: Employees Dig a Tad Deeper for 401(k) Contributions Last year's market volatility apparently didn't discourage retirement savers from sticking to their plans, but it didn't encourage more frugality either.
Financial Advisor February 2012 Somnath Basu	Making Money, Getting It Right The greatest fallacy is that you have to find the winners to make money. But really you need to find the winners, losers and sideways movers.
Financial Advisor February 2012 Marla Brill	Setting Up For Inflation If the bleak economic scenario plays out the way Rob Arnott envisions, this fund would likely outperform its pure-equity peers.
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