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A One-Two Punch
3/2/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff

Stock prices dropped today on dour news from the banking and economic fronts.

Building the Wall of Worry
2/2/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
GDP dropped 3.8% for Q4 2008—a dismal end to the year. Economic news will likely get worse in 2009, but expect the market to improve before the economy.

Housing Wobble
1/26/2009 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
The heavy emphasis on the latest housing data belies its light GDP weight.

Nothing’s Shocking
10/31/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Thursday brought further global liquidity support and weak (though expected) preliminary third quarter GDP data.

What Recession?
8/29/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
US GDP was revised up from 1.9% to 3.3% for the second quarter, once again surpassing dour expectations.

Chi Non Saltare…
8/13/2008 By Fisher Investments Editorial Staff
Italy’s economy contracted a bit in the second quarter, but global results are far more important than any single country.

Recessionism
8/1/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

As second quarter 2008 GDP came in stronger than expected, headlines still find reason to be gloomy.

Long Train Runnin’
7/31/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Investors looking for anecdotal evidence miss some hard data, like transports, which remain strong--unlikely to happen during recession.

Yes, But…
5/29/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Economic growth continues positive to the tune of overly dour expectations.

Inconspicuous Consumption
5/2/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Despite persistent fears to the contrary, consumers continue to spend.

Phantom Storms
5/1/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
The economy grew in the first quarter, but some still question whether the country is in a recession.

Still Growing
1/30/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

While some are swooning over the “worst economy in five years,” a sober analysis of preliminary US GDP figures released today shows an economy still on strong footing.

Housing Humdrum
1/29/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

Though bad news from the residential housing sector continues making headlines, it won’t have the long-term economic or market impact investors fear.

Wag the Dog
1/25/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff

Global stocks bounced around this week and fears emerged that problems in the US have finally spread to the rest of the world. But in the global economy, it’s a mistake to assign too much power to any one country.

Nothing New
1/15/2008 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Stocks took a walloping today on widely expected news tied to Financials’ health and mortgage-related asset write-downs.

Imagine: The Gaia Economy
11/23/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff

Globalization has made iconic baby-boomer utopian images of world unity closer to reality than ever.

Vector Investing
9/27/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff

Large and diverse economies (such as the US) require huge dislocations to impede economic growth—most concerns like subprime and new housing supply simply aren’t big enough to matter.

Good Data, Bad Information
6/1/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Corporate profits are beating expectations.

Dying of Old Age
3/29/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
Economies aren’t like people.

Whoop Whoop Whoop
3/7/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
The incompetence of government-run systems cannot be overstated, and we cannot belabor that point enough.

The Flying Economy
1/8/2007 By MarketMinder editorial staff
We’ve written before about how investors latch on to metaphors, often erroneous ones, in order to better understand economic and market concepts.

More Connected Than It Looks
12/5/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
We’ve written often on this page about the importance of trade and the interconnectedness of the global economy, and how in turn these promote greater total economic growth.

Stocks Don't Look Back to the Future
10/27/2006 By MarketMinder editorial staff
It’s official: US GDP growth slowed in the third quarter.

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