China Feeling the Effects of the Global Financial Crisis - Will They Avoid Hard Landing?
10/28/2008 by China Editor in China Articles
October 28, 2008 - China's GDP growth slowed to 9 percent in the third quarter from 10.1 percent in the second. As the global economy is expected to slow, China's growth may weaken further, although it may avoid a hard landing, according ...
Companies That Will Benefit From China’s Population Explosion
09/20/2008 by China Editor in China Articles
September 20, 2008 - By 2030, 1 billion consumers will live in China's cities. Chinese and global companies are well aware of the huge size and potential of this emerging urban market. China's urbanization is largely a local phenomenon. ...
China Auto Sales Slump in August, But Still Much Growth Ahead
09/09/2008 by SCP Editor in China Articles
September 9, 2008 - This morning the China Association of Automobile Manufacturer’s said that passenger car sales fell in August, to 451,300. The dip was attributed by Yale Zhang, of CSM Asia as being a result of the Olympics during ...
Stocks Moving Higher - Fed Remarks and ISM Data Spark Further Recovery Optimism
03/01/2011 by SCP Editor
March 1, 2011 – Stocks are opening higher this morning as the Street’s mood swings back to bullish on expectations for U.S. economic recovery. It seems almost like concerns about any implications of Middle East instability are in the ...
Stocks Opening Higher - Refocus on Recovery, Dollar Softer, Gold Continues to Look Attractive
02/28/2011 by SCP Editor
February 28, 2011 – Stocks are set to open higher this morning as the Street refocuses on U.S. economic recovery and GDP growth, with expectations that Washington is going to be able to avoid shutting down the government. ...
Stocks Set to Move Lower - Libya and Rising Oil Prices in Focus
02/24/2011 by SCP Editor
February 24, 2011 – The futures are indicating lower openings for the broader markets this morning as the Street continues to react to higher oil prices and instability in Libya. ...
Nuclear Still a Bad Plan
11/08/2010 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
November 8, 2010 - The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was shut down this past weekend after a pipe started leaking radioactive water (containing tritium and other isotopes). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the public was not in any ...
Whose National Debt….Better Look Before You Vote
11/01/2010 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
November 1, 2010 - This is a reprint of an article sent to us from our friends at ZFacts (http://www.zfacts.com). ...
Bloomberg Plays Key Role in Dumbing Down America, Playing One Side of the Issues
10/29/2010 by SCP Editor in SCP Blog
October 29, 2010 - Why is the general public so under-informed, and susceptible to Wall Street and the GOP’s opposition to the Obama administration’s economic policies? There is no silver-bullet answer, but a large part has to do ...
The Thread is Unraveling - Why We Think Bulls Should Think Twice
02/10/2011 by SCP Editor
February 10, 2011 - We have been arguing that the S&P; 500 is pretty close to being ‘fully-valued’ on historical basis, even on the most optimistic of outlooks. In our view, there is less-reason-than-ever to believe that we should be ...
This Morning’s Key Economic Data - Personal Income and Spending (November 2010)
12/23/2010 by SCP Editor
December 23, 2010 – This Morning’s Key Economic Data – Personal Income and Outlays (November 2010) – The number for spending came in just shy of expectations at a 0.4% increase (expectations were for 0.5%). Spending outpaced ...
This Morning’s Key Economic Data - Weekly Jobless Claims (Week Ended December 17, 2010)
12/23/2010 by SCP Editor
December 23, 2010 – This Morning’s Key Economic Data – Weekly Jobless Claims (Week Ended December 18, 2010) – The number came in line with expectations, at 420,000, which most economists and pundits interpret as ‘modest’ ...
