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By |2016-04-27T17:46:57-04:00April 27th, 2016|Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

The big news of the day had nothing to do with Janet Yellen, which was entirely appropriate given both her stance on the economy and anything she could possibly, realistically do about it (nothing). Apple reported results that were shocking in many ways, though not necessarily unexpectedly so. Last quarter, CEO Tim Cook had warned that the business had shifted. [...]

Remarkable Weakness in PC’s and Mobile Technology

By |2013-04-11T15:47:35-04:00April 11th, 2013|Markets|

IDC and Gartner estimates of PC market movements came out and showed a dramatic drop for the 1st quarter of 2013. The decline was not surprising, but the scale according to IDC was: "Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), down -13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012 and worse than the [...]

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