Weekly Economic and Market Review
I’ve been warning about a rise in volatility for the last month and it arrived in spades last week. Clairvoyant? Hardly. Obviously, I had no idea an earthquake and nuclear disaster was about to strike Japan. If I had, I would have sold the tiny position in Japanese stocks our portfolios hold (less than 1% .. read more
On March 20th, 2011,
posted in: Economy by Joseph Y. Calhoun Tags: economic data, economy peaking, empire state manufacturing survey, falling dollar, g-7 intervention, housing starts, inflation, inflation profit margins, japanese stocks, jobless claims, manufacturing survey, market sentiment, market volatility, philly fed survey, retail reports, stock market fundamentals, yen carry trade, yen rising
