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- Detailed Look At The U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls For March 2010
- Will America Be Suffocated By Its Own Debt?
- Mutual Funds: Top 5 John Hancock Funds
- Mutual Funds: Top 5 Diversified Bond Funds
- No Jobs Recovery
- A Few IPad Shortcomings That Could Hit Apple’s Bottom Line
- The Long And Short Of The Great Correction
| Detailed Look At The U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls For March 2010 Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:55 AM PDT The widely anticipated April Unemployment Report covering the month of March was just released. Let’s dive right in and take a look at the numbers . . . I. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE >> LD’s comments: as expected. More people who had given up looking for work have now reentered the labor force. This trend will keep pressure on the rate. The U-6, that is the … [visit site to read more]
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| Will America Be Suffocated By Its Own Debt? Posted: 02 Apr 2010 09:01 AM PDT Is America getting in too deep? According to a new estimate by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), if the United States continues along its current path, U.S. public debt will reach 90% of the nation’s economic output by 2020. Given that federal debt has already zoomed to 53% of gross domestic product (GDP), this projected additional escalation seems outrageous. Unfortunately, it’s only a piece of the story. U.S. President Barack Obama’s Fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly … [visit site to read more]
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| Mutual Funds: Top 5 John Hancock Funds Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:49 AM PDT With more than $233.1 billion in funds under management, John Hancock Financial Services is one of the largest investment management firms in the U.S. Founded in 1863, John Hancock enjoys high awareness among domestic consumers as a financial services brand. The company offers a wide range of insurance and investment related products and services to its customers. It offers many specialty funds focusing on industries such as timber and agriculture.
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| Mutual Funds: Top 5 Diversified Bond Funds Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:32 AM PDT When the need for a regular income stream takes precedence over appreciation of capital, investors generally choose bonds over stocks. Mutual funds provide a convenient and affordable method of investing in bonds. This is because the cost of holding a set of individual bonds is considerably higher. Diversified bond funds further reduce the risk associated with such instruments by holding securities across classes and sectors. Thus, any negative fluctuation in a specific sector has only a … [visit site to read more]
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:26 AM PDT The US economy added 162,000 jobs in March. Great news until you look more closely. In March, the federal government began hiring census takers big time. These are six-month temp jobs, and they tell us nothing about underlying trends in the labor market. It's hard to gauge precisely how many were hired — probably between 100,000 and 140,000. A million will need to be hired over the next few months. Subtract these, and today's job numbers are nothing to write home about.
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| A Few IPad Shortcomings That Could Hit Apple’s Bottom Line Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:10 AM PDT Step aside Easter eggs and chocolate bunnies.
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| The Long And Short Of The Great Correction Posted: 01 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT - Fire discovered! Researchers in France think they have identified the site where fire was first discovered. Carbon dating puts the discovery much earlier than previously thought. But here's the big surprise…it was not modern humans who discovered fire. More below…
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