Posts Tagged green-shoots

It’s Pig’d!

Image and acronym from Gubbmint Cheese who writes: Tanta Vive! Note: Tanta is my former co-blogger who created the Mortgage Pig TM It’s Pig’d … I taly T urkey S pain P ortugal I reland G reece D ubai.. Click on Pig for larger image in new window

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CBRE: Retail Cap Rates Increase Sharply in Q4

From CB Richard Ellis: U.S. Retail Cap Rates Ending at 9.01% , cap rates were up again

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Restaurants: 24th Consecutive Month of Contraction

Note: Any reading below 100 shows contraction for this index. From the National Restaurant Association (NRA): Restaurant Performance Index Declined in August as Same-Store Sales and Customer Traffic Slipped Restaurant industry performance softened in August, as the National Restaurant Association’s comprehensive index of restaurant activity posted a modest decline. The Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S.

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Chicago Purchasing Managers Index Declines in September

From MarketWatch: Business activity declines in Chicago area The Chicago purchasing managers index fell to 46.1% in September from 50.0% in August …

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FedEx: "Difficult to predict timing of any economic recovery"

Press Release: FedEx Corp. First Quarter Earnings to Exceed Guidance FedEx expects …

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Krugman: "Great free fall seems to be over"

From Bloomberg: U.S. Economy May Have Reached ‘Trough,’ Krugman Says “It’s quite possible, though not certain, that retrospectively, we’ll say that the recession ended in July or August, maybe September,” Krugman said. “My guess is that we’ve bottomed out now, that August was probably the trough month.” …

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Roubini and Shiller on U.S. Economy

A little Saturday morning video …

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Buffett Guiding Down Earnings Estimates… Unofficially (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has been out on just about every media outlet that he can reach people on to discuss the notions of a second stimulus package.  He has said this week and before how there is no recovery and how there are no green shoots out there [[ This is a content summary only.

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Buffett Opines on Green Shoots, Inflation, Apple Disclosure, and Bernanke (BRK.A, BRK.B, WFC, AAPL)

Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) just gave an interview to CNBC’s Becky Quick ahead of the “Power Lunch” segment.  As far as green shoots in the economy, Buffett said he is just not seeing any.  He even joked about having cataract surgery being a month ago and he still can’t [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Does ‘Going Concern’ Removal Change MGM’s Position? (MGM)

Last night we had an interesting volume spike alert in the after-hours trading in shares of MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM).  It turns out that the spike was because the auditor’s report will no longer include the “Going Concern” note in its financial report.  This is an obvious huge development, but what we wanted to look [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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