[CNBC] Stocks surge as October inflation is less than forecast: Live updates [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steadies as IEA Sees Market Better Supplied Than Anticipated [...]

In the markets, there is a ton of information. An analyst’s job is to separate the wheat from the chaff. And there’s a lot of chaff. The reasons for this [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Lower Before Key Inflation Data: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Dollar rallies to fresh one-year high against a beaten-down yen [Reuters] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Shutdown Risk Eased in Stopgap Plan Offered by Johnson [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stubborn Core Inflation Helps Explain Some Fed Restlessness [...]

All the King’s Men This week was nothing short of a bloodbath for the hard asset trade, and, to some degree, a continuation of the sheer bliss that began [...]

[Reuters] Moody’s turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Credit-Rating Outlook Changed to Negative by Moody’s [...]

I prefer not to refer to old CBBs. I’m making an exception this week, extracting from the February 6, 2009, edition. In “Government Finance Bubble,” I [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain as Traders Look Past Hawkish Talk: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Third Weekly Drop as Demand Fears Outweigh War Risk [...]

Recent market movements have seen the Dow experience a 9% downturn since July, followed by a notable retracement to the 618 level in just the past 10 days. [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Up, Bonds Down After Jobless Claims Data: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Claws Back Some Losses After Slumping on Demand Worries [...]

The Four Horseman Of The Stock Market What Happens When The Yield Curve Un-Inverts? Gold Closes At Record Highs In Sweden, Norway, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Falter as Central Banks Dent Rate-Cut Hopes: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Declines Again as Demand Outlook Flashes Bearish Signs [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Fall as Fed Rate-Cut Doubts Creep In: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slips Below $80 as Fed Rate Worries Cloud Market Outlook [...]

Advocates of Modern Monetary Theory, like their Marxist brethren, are fond of saying that debt doesn’t matter. “We owe it to ourselves,” they say, which [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Hold Gains After Big Rally on Fed Rates: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Advances After Saudi Arabia and Russia Reaffirm Supply [...]