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• Commodities Look To US Data For Direction On Evolving QE3 Hopes
• Improving Job Market Fuels Houston Housing Boom
• Huge Gender College Degree Gap For Class Of 2012; Do We Really Need Hundreds Of Women’s Centers?
• Making The Best Of A Bad Situation

Commodities Look To US Data For Direction On Evolving QE3 Hopes Posted: 30 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT Talking Points Crude Oil, Copper to Rise if Soft US Economic Data Reinforces QE3 Hopes Gold and Silver Outlook Hinges on Inflation Hedge Demand, US Dollar Last week, commodities seized on comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke saying policymakers were "prepared to do more" to help the economy if growth faltered, singling out additional quantitative easing (QE) as still "on the table". The initial reaction – a rebound in risk appetite and selloff in the US Dollar – reflected … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Improving Job Market Fuels Houston Housing Boom Posted: 29 Apr 2012 09:02 PM PDT From the  Houston Chronicle: “Houston’s economy is bolstering the region’s new-home market. Areawide, builders sold 4,990 homes during the first three months of 2012. That’s up 34% over the same period a year earlier, according to consulting firm Metrostudy.  “At the core, it’s jobs, jobs, jobs,” said David Jarvis, director of Metrostudy in Houston. “It’s put tremendous pressure on demand for housing.” Even if they’re not all buying, more consumers are out shopping. In March, … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Huge Gender College Degree Gap For Class Of 2012; Do We Really Need Hundreds Of Women’s Centers? Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:49 PM PDT The chart above shows the huge college degree gap by gender for the Class of 2012 (data here).  Women will earn a disproportionate share of college degrees at every level of higher education this year, and the gender disparity is expected to increase over the next decade, so that by 2021 women will earn 148 college degrees for every 100 degrees earned by men, with especially huge gender imbalances for associate’s degrees (179 women for every 100 men) and master’s degrees (154 women for … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

Making The Best Of A Bad Situation Posted: 29 Apr 2012 05:55 PM PDT Admittedly, I spend a lot of time at Financial Armageddon discussing the downside risks ahead. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to throw in the towel and give up. Undoubtedly, most of those who buy into my view of the world will want to try and make the best of a bad situation. And as much as I believe there is little we can do to change things at the macro level, despite — or because of — the interventions of central bankers and other overconfident fools, that’s not necessarily the case in … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards

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