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"I'll Wait Until Things Look Better to Invest"

In the course of talking with lots of people, including friends, business acquaintances, etc. I lost track of how many people in late 2008 and early 2009 who told me that they were selling stocks and other investments and we're going to sit on the sidelines until things

Retail Investors Got Clobbered in the 2008 Stock Market Decline and Sold Stock, Right?

In late January, 2009, I presented some interesting data from Fidelity's 11 million 401(k) participants and their behavior during the tumultuous 2008 stock market decline. I concluded by saying, "...their investors are being pretty intelligent with their retirement nest eggs...Folks are continuing to save for

Just How Resilient is Consumer Spending?

Goldman Sachs' Haters Unite!

The Engine Driving the Growth of U.S. Companies

According to new analysis by Standard & Poors, for the first time ever, foreign income taxes paid by the 500 large companies in the S&P 500 index paid have exceeded U.S. federal income taxes paid. This surprising result occurred in 2008. In fact, foreign income taxes paid

June Employment Data Show Job Losses Reaccelerating and Stocks Sell-Off

Update 7/2/09: Stock market investors were disappointed with the change in employment in June with Non-farm payrolls falling 467,000 in June, for a much larger loss than the consensus expected decline of 365,000 jobs. Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein, Economists with First Trust observed the following:

Federal Deficit (& Economic Growth) Worriers Take Heart

Update 6/23/09: According to this recent Bloomberg article, President Barack Obama recently said that he is “confident” he won’t have to raise taxes on most Americans so long as economic growth picks up. This is also good news for the deficit and economy worriers as this demonstrates