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Italy on per/capita debt basis beats us too.
U.S. hot-rolled coil steel have fallen from a high of $888. China, you own us.
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GDP ratios barely scratch the surface. On a more direct wealth comparison, Italy is over Germany:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000037057
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Only bullish thing I can find right now, SP 500 market down 6.66%! 
Apple performed, KO outperformed....and good little Kansas City Life is just positive after five days, vs. 12% down market. Thank god for small favors!
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Intraday low for SPX cash was... 1234.56
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More than 100,000 Americans have five or more SSNs associated with their name.
More than 15 percent of SSNs are associated with two or more people.
More than 140,000 SSNs are associated with five or more people.
More than 27,000 SSNs are associated with 10 or more people.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/38678753
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Dow down 66.6 yesterday to 10444. Doomed?
DAX opened at 5999; looking to close at 5888.
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An update for those of a conspiratorial bent:
http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/true-or-false-u-s-economic-stats-lie/?page=all
I'm down with this one:
| Quote: | | Finally, in 1999 the BLS began using what it calls hedonic adjustments. Williams explains the approach with a dash of sarcasm: “That new washing machine you bought did not cost you 20% more than it would have cost you last year, because you got an offsetting 20% increase in the pleasure you derive from pushing its new electronic control buttons instead of turning that old noisy dial.” He calls the impact on CPI “substantial.” Greenlees says the name “hedonic” was an unfortunate choice, since the technique has little to do with making judgments about pleasure. It’s designed to measure the quality difference between goods when one is discontinued and must be replaced in the index with another that’s not quite the same. Adjustments can push the index in either direction, but Greenlees says the overall impact since the change has been a tiny increase in the CPI -- about 0.005% a year. Williams says some hedonic adjustments are indeed necessary, like when the size of a box of crackers changes from 12 ounces to 10 ounces. But more theoretical adjustments, he says, “overstate the quality of what the public is buying." |
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Come fall, this should punctuate the stat recovery:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/14/stimulus-spending-employment-business-washington-gdp.html
But by then the housing floor should be well established and longer ranging stimulus money actually providing same. Depending on the market this should make for one of the better examples of "self-fulfilling" prophecies.
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Buy and Hold.
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Me be missing out. Still on a quest to simplify the processes ... figuring out what to ignore and still make money ...
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That was a great analysis - especially the last insight about what revisions can do to market movements. 
If you're not watching these numbers, you're missing out...
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