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Another very funny episode!
Tons of great moments.
Jay was acting very stubborn though and it was revealed that he felt like he was being forced out of his own company. However not sure how that could happen AS it is his company and he can hire and fire whomever he wants and retire whenever he wants.
I thought it was great when Hayley turned the tables on Phil at the end, it reminded me of the episodes where Claire and Phil take her to dinner and they get drunk and she acts like the parent.
I too think it was funny that Manny seems to know be more popular than Luke!
Luke feelings Ostrichsized was hilarious!
I felt bad for Mitchell at the end though when you see that Cam sent his dad the photo to make the carving out of. Personally to me Cam is the feminine one in the relationship.
2 weeks ago when I commented on the episode where we saw Rodiger dead, I said that it was his dad that killed him and I was correct.
I am glad that the storyline was not dragged out as I like Halstead and want him back with the team.
The only person that really seemed to have believed his innocence or at least sympathized with him was Olinsky. I liked when he went to Jay's house and he got the chance to ask him about what happened years about with him and Voight and that guy that disappeared.
Antonio did not want to believe he could have killed Rodgier and after a couple punches to Jay's face he believed him and gave him the file.
I think Lindsay was on his side as she gave him the number for the best lawyer but she did not check in on him.
Ruzek did not mind when Burgess kissed him. Then when he asked Olinsky for advice at the end just makes it even more obvious that he will not get married.
I knew Ruzek would be fine as they were all wearing vests. I really like Patrick John Flueger he is good looking!
I love Kelly BUT I think Erin and Jay would be a way better match.
I still have doubts about Mia, I do not think she will like the way Voight does things and will keep questioning him like she did when she asked if she should put the fact that he shot an unarmed man in the foot in her report or not! I do not think she is a good fit with the group and even though she says she does not work for Stillwell I think she does.
It was nice to see Mills tonight, so far the crossovers are working.
I noticed the tongue kissing too, I may be a little off base here but I did not think that actors used tongue when they kissed? Not that it matters just curious!
I know I wonder the same thing all the time!
This was a good episode!
I liked the opening and how we get to see that they do not save every number on the list. I am sure that there have been a couple other instances where they have not saved the POI of the week but it was good to see as it made it a little more believable. (ok Sean I type my comments before I read the reviews and we just said the same thing! LOL)
At times this show can be a little confusing.
They got Matthew's number because he was going to kill the guy from High School but then Root sent Vigilance to the reunion to kill Shaw and Reese. So there were twice the problems.
Loved the Reese fight scene, I also loved his reaction to being slapped 3 times.
I would like to see Matthew come back so that he and Shaw can have a little fun. She does not do relationships but he was not talking about a relationship! So great.
I too liked the funny moments and the ones with Fusco and Finch were great.
I too found it funny that the former classmates of Frank and Betty really though it was them, except Matthew new early on that she was not Betty.
I also thought it was great when Reese and Shaw unpacked.
Sean: Great Breaking Bad reference.
So I never thought Charlie would be Tess's son/Jo's half brother. They made us believe she had a daughter. It is way creepy knowing that he is Jo's half brother since the kissed and he was obsessed with her! I am glad they never slept together.
Charlie looks a lot like Danny so I too think that Tess and Vikram and a baby and it was Charlie and that is why he was willing to help her give the baby away and he paid all that money to the doctor.
So if that is true then Danny and Charlie are brothers (share the same father Vikram) and Charlie and Jo are siblings (share the same mom). That is crazy! However Danny and Jo are no related so they can date but it would still be super awkward!
So Jack is bad! I was really hoping he would be good. I wonder what he and Whitney's plan is? To drive Karen and Danny out of their home and take their money? There seemed to be more that a father/daughter relationship with those two as well. ICK
Leigh: I was partially right when I said some one would get shot, we heard a gun shot as the screen faded to black! I wonder what happened and I may be 100% right if we get a season 2 and someone was shot. The only scenarios I can think of is Chief Masterson shot Charlie OR Charlie grabbed the gun and shot someone...Tess maybe? Neither of those options make a lot of sense BUT the gun did go off.
I still do not 100% think that Tom is bad. I know it sure looks like it but I just have this feeling there will be some epic twist coming.
Another possible twist and I am sure this is slim to none BUT Red and Tom could be working together! How insane would that be!?!?
This was another great episode.
I thought she just imagined herself destroying the room and the photos etc. If she really did it then she sure had lots of time to clean it all up, before heading to work.
I was so not expecting Craig/Christopher to throw himself out the window.
I wonder why Red wanted to look at Milton Bobbit's files.
Yes I too loved both the yogurt covered pretzel comments.
No he was not offered the job as counsel he was offered the job to be an investment banker.
Such a fantastic episode!
Sometimes it is hard to feel bad for Louis. He went through a lot in a couple days, he had a heart attack, got engaged and lost the love of his life. I did feel bad for him at the end but then I remembered what he said to Rachel earlier in the episode and the promise he broke to her.
I was a little shocked at how emotional Donna was when she went to visit Louis in the hospital and when she went to sit with him when he saw Sheila at the elevators.
I am glad that Rachel found a way to get what she wanted from Jessica! That was perfect!
I am not sure if the show will throw us a twist and Mike will leave Pearson Spector...I would not really be surprised if they do that and he leaves then next season Harvey makes another deal with Jessica to bring Mike back.
Mike is in a tough place, he is a great lawyer, yes he faked his degree but he is one of the best lawyers. He will not be happy with his position staying how it is, no moving ahead.
My dream is still one day Harvey opening up a law firm with Mike as his partner.
I know! So great!
So Liv and Luke are good? I am still a little confused on that front. Did Liv want to kill Elena because then the Traveler's won't be able to do what they are planning with Stefan and Elena?
I was not surprised that Caroline could not kill Tom but I did find myself saying out loud: Caroline you made a mistake not killing him.
The Travelers would find out he was still alive and then hurt Stefan, she had to have known that! So I am glad that Enzo killed Tom. Better Tom die than my Stefan.
I did enjoy seeing Damon in bed at the start of the episode, Ian Somerhalder can be in my bed anytime! LOL
I do like Paul Wesley a lot but it seems we get a half naked Ian Somerhalder a lot more than a shirtless Paul.
Anyways enough about that.
I am interested in seeing Matt, Tyler and Jeremy team up.
I am still not sure how I would feel about a Steroline, but when they were talking after she returned and they cuddled up together I kind of started to like the idea. So we will see what happens.
I still want Stelena to be end game but Stefan deserves someone in the mean time.
Also all the work the Traveler's did by taking Elena and Stefan's blood and then making sure the last doppleganger was killed and then drinking their blood lead to the Traveler's all sacrificing themselves to bring Markos back...interesting!
So is Bonnie dead again?
Leigh: I too enjoy the funny moments, another great one was when Damon had Liv and said if she did not talk he or Elena were going to kill her then he said "Spoiler Alert: It will be me".


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Les Pêcheurs de Perles at Theater an der Wien
November 8, 2014
Following a "flawless" performance in the world premiere of A Harlot's Progress, Diana Damrau returns to the Theater an der Wien to sing the role of Leila in Bizet's exotic Les Pêcheurs de Perles this month. She is joined by an extraordinary cast, including Nathan Gunn as Zurga, Dmitry Korchak as Nadir, and Ms. Damrau's husband Nicolas Testé as Nourabad, all featured in a brand new production directed by Lotte de Beer. Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor.
Opening night for this production is already sold out – performances take place November 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 & 30.
Coming soon: Diana Damrau's long-awaited Lucia di Lammermoor on disc
November 2, 2014
Diana Damrau first sang Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Five years later, in July 2013, she brought her riveting interpretation of the tragic bel canto heroine to her native Bavaria, where she was greeted with rapture. In this much-anticipated live recording from Munich's Philharmonie Gasteig, she is joined by two splendid singers from the Mediterranean: tenor Joseph Calleja as Lucia's lover Edgardo, and baritone Ludovic Tézier as her controlling brother Enrico.
Diana wins an ECHO Klassik 2014 'Klassik Ohne Grenzen' Prize!
August 26, 2014
Forever, Diana Damrau's recent album which features the "soundtrack of her life," has been awarded a coveted 'Klassik Ohne Grenzen' Prize from ECHO Klassik. The album also received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, with Judith Malafronte of Opera News stating, " . . . the prodigiously gifted Bavarian soprano brings authority and affection . . . Damrau's wild imagination and vivacious personality are all over this CD."
To purchase your copy of Forever, visit Amazon.com or iTunes.
Lucia di Lammermoor
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The Hidden Villa board is risk averse, period. In addition to that, too many of its members are out of touch with new and more effective ways to leverage Hidden Villa's natural assets, and raise revenue. Unless the HV board gets refreshed with new members, Hidden Villa is toast in the long run.
What's staggering about this is how such a marvelous natural asset has been squandered because of long term incompetence and a pure lack of vision.
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November 27th, 2014 Doug Short
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November 26th, 2014 Doug Short
The Final University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for November came in at 88.8, a bit off the 89.4 preliminary reading but up from from the October Final of 86.9. As finaly readings go, this is a post-recession high and the highest level since July 2007, over seven years ago. Today's number came in below the Investing.com forecast of 90.2.
See the chart below for a long-term perspective on this widely watched indicator.
In the week ending November 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 313,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 291,000 to 292,000. The 4-week moving average was 294,000, an increase of 6,250 from the previous week's revised average.
Today's seasonally adjusted number at 313K was substantially above the Investing.com forecast of 287K. The four-week moving average at 294K is now 15K above its 14-year interim low set three weeks ago.
The latest Headline PCE price index year-over-year (YoY) rate is 1.44%, unchanged from the previous month. The Core PCE index of 1.55% is is up slightly from the previous month's 1.49% YoY.
The adjacent thumbnail gives us a close-up of the trend in YoY Core PCE since January 2012. I've highlighted the 12 months when Core PCE hovered in a narrow range around its interim low.
Here is a preview of the monthly moving averages I track after the close of the last business day of the month. All three S&P 500 strategies are now signaling "invested" -- unchanged from last month. Two of the five of the Ivy Portfolio ETFs, the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) and the PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking (DBC, are signal "cash" -- also unchanged from last month.
November 25th, 2014 Doug Short
The S&P 500 traded in a bit of a confused fashion during the morning, oscillating between its 0.23% and -0.23% intraday peak and trough in the first two hours of trading. The Second Estimate of Q3 GDP beat forecasts with its upward revision from 3.5% to 3.9%. But Consumer Confidence unexpectedly dropped, probably not a welcome signal as we approach the holiday shopping season. The index then dithered through the day in a narrow range, the only drama being whether it would log its 47th record close of 2014. It did not.
Unfortunately, the NYSE margin debt data is about a month old when it is published. Following its February peak, real margin declined sharply for two months, -3.9% in March -3.2% in April and was flat in May. It then jumped 5.7% in June, its largest gain in 17 months. July saw a 0.9% decline, but number has drifted higher the two subsequent months, up 0.6% in August and 0.2% in September. However the October level is now 2.2% off the February peak.
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary to today's release of the Second Estimate for Q3 GDP.
Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent years, thanks to Warren Buffett. Back in 2001 he remarked in a Fortune Magazine interview that "it is probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment."
The chart below is my way to visualize real GDP change since 2007. I've used a stacked column chart to segment the four major components of GDP with a dashed line overlay to show the sum of the four, which is real GDP itself....
Here is the latest overview from the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Earlier today we learned that the Second Estimate for Q3 2014 real GDP came in at 3.9 percent (rounded from 3.89 percent), up from 3.5 percent in the Advance Estimate. Real GDP per capita was lower at 3.1 percent (rounded from 3.09 percent).
Here is a chart of real GDP per capita growth since 1960. For this analysis I've chained in today's dollar for the inflation adjustment. The per-capita calculation is based on quarterly aggregates of mid-month population estimates by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The Latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was released this morning based on data collected through November 13. The headline number of 88.7 was a surprising drop from the revised October final reading of 94.1, a downward revision from 94.5. Today's number was well below the Investing.com forecast of 95.9.
The Second Estimate for Q3 GDP, to one decimal, came in at 3.9 percent, an increase from the Advance Estimate of 3.5 percent. Today's number beat mainstream economists' estimates, which were for a fractional decrease. For example, Investing.com had a forecast of 3.3 percent.
November 24th, 2014 Doug Short
It's time again for my weekly gasoline update based on data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Rounded to the penny Regular dropped another seven cents and Premium six. Regular is now at its lowest price since November 2010. Will the price decline in gasoline boost discretionary spending as we approach the holiday season? Stay tuned!
According to GasBuddy.com, Hawaii has the highest cost at $3.88. The highest continental average price is in New York at $3.18. Missouri and South Carolina are tied for the cheapest Regular at $2.55.
The Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, which I reported on earlier today, is based on 85 economic indicators drawn from four broad categories of data:
Production & Income
Employment, Unemployment & Hours
Personal Consumption & Housing
Sales, Orders, & Inventories
The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) data on volume sales is over two months old when it released. The latest numbers, through mid-September, are now available. However, despite the lag, this report offers an interesting perspective on fascinating aspects of the US economy. Gasoline prices and increases in fuel efficiency are important factors, but there are also some significant demographic and cultural dynamics in this data series.
"Index shows economic growth moderated in October": This is the headline for today's release of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, and here are the opening paragraphs from the report:
"Led by declines in production-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) moved down to +0.14 in October from +0.29 in September. Two of the four broad categories of indicators that make up the index decreased from September, and two of the four categories made negative contributions to the index in October."
November 23rd, 2014 Doug Short
The world market rally continued last week with six of the eight indexes on my watch list posting gains. Europe led the pack, with Germany's DAX up 5.18%, France's CAC 40 up 3.44% and the UK up 1.45%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was the big loser with its -2.70% loss. The other negative performer was Japan's Nikkei 225. It's fractional -0.76% decline snapped not only a four-week string of gains, but also four weeks as the top performer.
November 21st, 2014 Doug Short
Real Retail Sales will be especially interesting to watch over the coming months. The rather dramatic decline in gasoline prices in recent months will no doubt boost discretionary spending, and we're now entering the merry season holiday spending. After a strong August report, September real sales were surprisingly weak, but October has seen a partial bounce back in spending. Will holiday sales, with the advantage of lower gas prices, put this indicator on a trend of stronger growth? One potential obstacle would be another savage winter such as we saw last year.
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is at 133.2, up from the previous week's 132.0. The WLI annualized growth indicator (WLIg) is at -2.4, down from -2.9 the previous week.
ECRI's latest public statements have focused on Japan. The website now features a November 17th response to the announcement of Japan's Fourth Recession Since 2008.
Note from dshort: I've updated this series to include yesterday's release of the October Consumer Price Index.
Here's a perspective on personal income for production and nonsupervisory private employees going back five decades.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been collecting data on this workforce cohort since 1964. The government numbers provide some excellent insights on the income history of what we might think of as the private middle class wage earner.
The Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Commission has released the latest report on Traffic Volume Trends, data through September.
Travel on all roads and streets changed by 2.3% (5.6 billion vehicle miles) for September 2014 as compared with September 2013. The less volatile 12-month moving average is up 0.19% month-over-month. If we factor in population growth, the 12-month MA of the civilian population-adjusted data (age 16-and-over) is up 0.10% month-over-month and down 0.2% year-over-year.
November 20th, 2014 Doug Short
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released this morning puts the October year-over-year inflation rate at 1.66%, off the May 19-month high of 2.13%. It is well below the 3.86% average since the end of the Second World War and 29 percent below its 10-year moving average.
Let's take a step back and look at the history of inflation over the past 140 plus years.
Here is a table showing the annualized change in Headline and Core CPI for each of the past six months. I've also included each of the eight components of Headline CPI and a separate entry for Energy, which is a collection of sub-indexes in Housing and Transportation.
We can make some inferences about how inflation is impacting our personal expenses depending on our relative exposure to the individual components.
Let's do some analysis of the Consumer Price Index, the best known measure of inflation. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) divides all expenditures into eight categories and assigns a relative size to each. The pie chart below illustrates the components of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers, the CPI-U, which I'll refer to hereafter as the CPI.
The Latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for October is now available. The index rose 0.9 percent to 105.5. September was revised downward to 104.3 percent (2004 = 100). The latest number came in above the 0.6 percent forecast by Investing.com.
The Philly Fed's Business Outlook Survey is a monthly report for the Third Federal Reserve District, covers eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. The latest gauge of General Activity came in at 40.8, a surge over last month's 20.7. The 3-month moving average came in at 28.0, up from 23.7 last month. Since this is a diffusion index, negative readings indicate contraction, positive ones indicate expansion. The Six-Month Outlook slipped to 48.0 from last month's 54.5.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October CPI data this morning. Year-over-year unadjusted Headline CPI came in at 1.66% (rounded to 1.7%), unchanged from the previous month. Year-over-year Core CPI (ex Food and Energy) came in at 1.81% (rounded to 1.8%), slightly higher than the previous month's 1.73% (rounded to 1.7%). The non-seasonally adjusted month-over-month Headline number was down 0.25% (-0.25%), and the Core number was up 0.24%. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the all items index was unchanged.
November 19th, 2014 Doug Short
Diversification is a cornerstone of Modern Portfolio Theory and risk management. We spread our investments across a range of asset classes, rebalancing periodically, to ensure participation in the upside and reduce exposure to the downside. This is a time-honored strategy that works ... most of the time. But during the epic market downturn of the Financial Crisis, equity asset classes essentially marched in step to the same dismal drumbeat.
November 18th, 2014 Doug Short
Today's release of the October Producer Price Index (PPI) for Final Demand came in at 0.2% month-over-month seasonally adjusted. That's a bounce from the previous month's -0.1% decline, which was first monthly decline since August of last year. Core Final Demand (less food and energy) was up 0.4% from last month.
The year-over-year change in Final Demand is up 1.5%, a slight decline from last month's YoY of 1.6%
November 17th, 2014 Doug Short
This morning we got the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey. The diffusion index for General Business Conditions continued expanding at a stronger pace from the previous month. The headline number rose 4 points to 10.2, up from 6.2.
The Investing.com forecast was for a reading of 11.1.
November 14th, 2014 Doug Short
Earlier today I posted my monthly update on Retail Sales. Those of us who routinely track this series know that the Advance Estimate will be followed by a second estimate next month and a third estimate the month after. How big are those revisions? Are they big enough to warrant skepticism about the Advance Estimate?
See for yourself. Here is a visualization of the cumulative change from the first to third estimates from January 2007 through August 2014, the most recent month for which we have all three data points.
The Advance Retail Sales Report released this morning shows that sales in October came in at 0.3% (0.34% at two decimals) month-over-month, up from -0.3% in September. Core Retail Sales (ex Autos) were at 0.3%, up from -0.02% (at two decimals) in September.
Today's numbers came in above the Investing.com forecast of 0.2% for both Headline and Core Sales.
November 13th, 2014 Doug Short
We're now close to two weeks beyond the end of the Fed's QE, so let's take a quick look at what's been happening for US Treasuries. The yields on the 10-, 20- and 30 year Treasuries have generally trended downward since the end of 2013.
The latest Freddie Mac Weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey today puts the 30-year fixed at 4.01%, well off its 4.53% 2014 peak during the first week of January but off its interim low of 3.92% last month.
Note from dshort: I've updated my periodic look at the Philly Fed ADS Index through the September 19th release, which included the latest Initial Jobless Claims (for the week ending November 8th).
The Philly Fed's Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index (hereafter the ADS index) is a fascinating but relatively little known real-time indicator of business conditions for the U.S. economy, not just the Third Federal Reserve District.
November 12th, 2014 Doug Short
Yesterday's collection of Advisor Perspectives articles particularly caught my attention: "Why Jeremy Grantham is Right about Corporate Profit Margins." The article includes a number of fascinating graphs, the first of which is a snapshot of US Corporate Margins since 1947 calculated by dividing Corporate Profits after Tax by Gross National Product.
The article inspired me to produce a chart of the Profit-to-GNP ratio, but with an added and rather sobering overlay: Employee Compensation (wages and salaries), which I've likewise divided by GNP.
Here is a look at two key numbers in last week's monthly employment report for October:
Average Hourly Earnings
Average Weekly Hours
November 11th, 2014 Doug Short
The latest issue of the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends is out today. The November update for October came in at 96.1, up 0.8 points from the previous month. In characteristic style, today's report subtitle underscores the theme of the report: "Moderate Improvement, But No Clear Direction". The index is now at the 29.1 percentile in this series, below its post-recession 96.6 high in May and back to a level it last consistently achieved in October 2007, two months before the last recession.
At this year's Jackson Hole Symposium, Fed Chair Janet Yellen delivered an extended analysis of "Labor Market Dynamics and Monetary Policy". Her speech essentially reviewed the ongoing debate over the mix of cyclical versus structural factors in employment since the Great Recession.
I've updated a series of charts that support my view that the U.S. workforce has undergone structural changes that are far more significant than the cyclical impact of a recession -- even the so-called "Great Recession".
November 10th, 2014 Doug Short
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary with the latest numbers from last week's Employment Report.
This is not the scenario that would have been envisioned a generation ago for the "Golden Years" of retirement. Consider: Today nearly one in three of the 65-69 cohort and almost one in five of the 70-74 cohort are in the labor force.
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary with the latest numbers from last week's Employment Report.
The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the Civilian Labor Force (people age 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the Civilian Noninstitutional Population (those 16 and over not in the military and or committed to an institution). The result is the participation rate expressed as a percent.
What are the long-term trends for multiple jobholders in the US? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two decades of historical data to enlighten us on that topic, courtesy of Table A-16 in the monthly Current Population Survey.
At present, multiple jobholders account for around five percent of civilian employment. The survey captures data for four subcategories of the multi-job workforce, the current relative sizes of which I've illustrated in a pie chart.
Let's take a close look at last week's employment report numbers on Full and Part-Time Employment. The Labor Department has been collecting data on this metric since 1968, a time when only 13.5% of US employees were part-timers. That number peaked at 20.1% in January 2010. The latest data point, over four-and-a-half years later, is only modestly lower at 18.8% last month. If the pre-recession percentage is a recovery target, we still have a long way to go.
November 9th, 2014 Doug Short
For the past few years I've been following a couple of transportation metrics: Vehicle Miles Traveled and Gasoline Volume Sales. For both series I focus on the population adjusted data. Let's now do something similar with the Light Vehicle Sales report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This data series stretches back to January 1976. Since that first data point, the Civilian Noninstitutional Population Age 16 and Over (i.e., driving age not in the military or an inmate) has risen 60.6%.
November 7th, 2014 Doug Short
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary to include the latest labor force data in today's employment report.
A long-term chart of the seasonally-adjusted 4-week moving average of Initial Claims gives a rather distorted view of the economy. Why? Because it doesn't take into account the 104% growth in the Civilian Labor Force since January 1967. For a better understanding of the weekly Initial Claims data, let's put the numbers in a ratio with the Civilian Labor Force.
Today's report of 214K new nonfarm jobs in October was below the Investing.com forecast of 231K, but the lower number was more than offset by upward revisions to the new jobs for August (from 180K to 203K) and September (from 248K to 256K). The unemployment rate dropped a notch from 5.9% to 5.8%. Investing.com expected no change.
November 6th, 2014 Doug Short
It's been quite a while since I last updated the "Sweet Sixteen" inflation-adjusted Dow recoveries that I've been illustrating from time to time over the past five years. With yesterday's record close as an aftermath to the mid-term election results, it seems appropriate to have a look at the recovery since the Great Recession in the larger historical context of market recoveries.
November 5th, 2014 Doug Short
Today the Institute for Supply Management published its latest Non-Manufacturing Report. The headline NMI Composite Index is at 57.1 percent, down from last month's 58.6 percent. Today's number came in below the Investing.com forecast of 58.0.
Here is the report summary:
With the election behind us, the economic mover and shaker this week is the Friday employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This monthly report contains a wealth of data for economists, probably the most publicized in the near term being the month-over-month change in Total Nonfarm Employment (the PAYEMS series in the FRED repository).
Today we have the October estimate of 230K new nonfarm private employment jobs from ADP, which we can consider along with the estimate of 314K total new jobs from TrimTabs.
November 4th, 2014 Doug Short
My monthly market valuation updates have long had the same conclusion: US stock indexes are significantly overvalued, which suggests cautious expectations on investment returns. In a "normal" market environment -- one with normal business cycles, Federal Reserve policy, interest rates and inflation -- current valuation levels would be a serious concern.
But these are different times.
Here is a summary of the four market valuation indicators I updated at the beginning of the month.
The Crestmont Research P/E Ratio
The cyclical P/E ratio using the trailing 10-year earnings as the divisor
The Q Ratio, which is the total price of the market divided by its replacement cost
The relationship of the S&P Composite price to a regression trendline
November 3rd, 2014 Doug Short
Here is a new update of a popular market valuation method using the most recent Standard & Poor's "as reported" earnings and earnings estimates and the index monthly average of daily closes for the past month, which is 1,937.27. The ratios in parentheses use the monthly close of 2,018.05. For the earnings, see the table below created from Standard & Poor's latest earnings spreadsheet.
Quick take: Based on the October S&P 500 average of daily closes, the Crestmont P/E is now 86% above its arithmetic mean and at the 97th percentile of this fourteen-decade monthly metric.
Based on the latest Z.1 data, the Q Ratio at the end of the second quarter of 2014 was 1.12. As of the October close, the broad market was down 0.7% (based on VTI's monthly averages of daily closes). My latest estimate would put the ratio about 64% above its arithmetic mean and 76% above its geometric mean.
Today the Institute for Supply Management published its monthly Manufacturing Report for October. The latest headline PMI was 59.0, a rise from Septembers 56.6 percent and above the Investing.com forecast of 56.2.
Here is the key analysis from the report:
Quick take: At the end of October the inflation-adjusted S&P 500 index price was 82% above its long-term trend, down from 88% above trend the previous month.
November 2nd, 2014 Doug Short
Here is a update in response to a standing request from a couple of sources that I also share with regular visitors to my Advisor Perspectives pages.
The request is for real (inflation-adjusted) charts of the S&P 500, Dow 30, and Nasdaq Composite. In response, I maintain two overlays — one with the nominal price, excluding dividends, and the other with the price adjusted for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (which is usually just refer to as the CPI). The charts below have been updated through the September 30th close.
Was the March 2009 low the end of a secular bear market and the beginning of a secular bull? Without a crystal ball, we simply don't know. One thing we can do is examine the past to broaden our understanding of the range of possibilities. An obvious feature of this inflation-adjusted is the pattern of long-term alternations between up-and down-trends.
October 31st, 2014 Doug Short
Valid until the market close on November 28, 2014
The S&P 500 closed September with a monthly gain of 2.32%. All three S&P 500 MAs and three of the five the Ivy Portfolio ETF MAs are signaling "Invested".
Note from dshort: I've updated the accompanying charts with the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures price index from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The annualized rate of change is calculated to two decimal places for more precision in the side-by-side comparison with the Consumer Price Index.
The BEA's Personal Consumption Expenditures Chain-type Price Index for September shows core inflation below the Federal Reserve's 2% long-term target at 1.48%, but for the past six months this indicator has hovered above its narrow range of the previous 12 months.
With this morning's release of the September Personal Incomes and Outlays we can now take a closer look at "Real" Disposable Personal Income Per Capita.
The first chart shows both the nominal per capita disposable income and the real (inflation-adjusted) equivalent since 2000. This indicator was significantly disrupted by the bizarre but predictable oscillation caused by 2012 year-end tax strategies in expectation of tax hikes in 2013.
October 28th, 2014 Doug Short
Earlier today I posted an update on the October Advance Report on September Durable Goods New Orders. This Census Bureau series dates from 1992 and is not adjusted for either population growth or inflation.
Let's now review Durable Goods data with two adjustments. In the charts below the red line shows the goods orders divided by the Census Bureau's monthly population data, giving us durable goods orders per capita.
The October Advance Report on September Durable Goods was released this morning by the Census Bureau. Here is the Bureau's summary on new orders:
New orders for manufactured durable goods in September decreased $3.2 billion or 1.3 percent to $241.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This decrease, down two consecutive months, followed an 18.3 percent August decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.2 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 1.5 percent.
October 22nd, 2014 Doug Short
Last year, President Obama's 2014 proposed budget recommended that, starting in 2015, COLAs should be calculated with the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Chained CPI). In this year's proposed budget for 2015, the President abandoned the proposed shift to the Chained CPI for Social Security adjustments.
Let's look at what the effect would have been over the years for a typical Social Security recipient if the Chained CP had been used since its inception.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers is the most familiar gauge of inflation in the US. The data for the non-seasonally adjusted series stretches back a century to January 1913. But in February of last year the big news was relative newcomer to the inflation metrics of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Chained CPI for Urban Consumers.
The reason the Chained CPI was a hot topic in the news in last year was that President Obama had proposed it in his 2014 budget as the method for determining cost of living adjustments for Social Security.
In real, population-adjusted terms, Retail Sales are at the level we first reached in December 2004.
Earlier this month, the Advance Retail Sales Report showed that sales in September declined 0.3% month-over-month, as I reported in my real-time update.
With the subsequent release of the Consumer Price Index, we can now dig a bit deeper into the "real" data, adjusted for inflation and against the backdrop of our growing population.
October 20th, 2014 Doug Short
Note from dshort: I received a recent email on historical total returns that prompted an update to my Roller Coaster Return series. I've updated the charts below based on monthly data through the September close.
Imagine that five years ago you invested $10,000 in the S&P 500. How much would it be worth today, with dividends reinvested but adjusted for inflation?
October 17th, 2014 Doug Short
Note from dshort: At the request of The Advisory Group in San Francisco, here's updated comparison of four major cyclical bear markets. The numbers are through yesterday's close.The chart series features an overlay of the Four Bad Bears in U.S. history since the market peak in 1929. They are: 1) the Crash of 1929, 2) the Oil Embargo of 1973, 2) The 2000 Tech bust and 4) the post-2007 Financial Crisis. The series includes nominal, real, total-return and real total-return comparisons.
October 14th, 2014 Doug Short
Regular visitors to this website are aware of my keen interest in long-term trends in Vehicle Miles Traveled, Gasoline Prices and Gasoline Volume Sales.Today the U.S. PIRG (U.S. Public Interest Research Group) has released a fascinating study on the travel habits of Millennials (those born between 1983 and 2000) and the profound implications for transportation policy. The full report is available for download in PDF format at the U.S. PIRG website.
September 25th, 2014 Doug Short
Note from dshort: I've updated this commentary in the wake of the Census Bureau's release last week of the 2013 annual household income data from the Current Population Survey.
One of my favorite discussions on APViewpoint, which addressed "The Sad State of Happiness" included an indirect reference to a popular 2010 academic study by psychologist Daniel Kahneman and economist Angus Deaton. Their topic was the correlation between annual household income and day-to-day contentment.
September 19th, 2014 Doug Short
The Census Bureau's annual household income reports for 2013 were published this week. I've now compiled a few tables for the 50 states and DC based on the Current Population Survey, a joint undertaking of the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, which includes annual data from 1984 to 2013. The details are fascinating, if somewhat sobering.
First, some context. The median US income in 2013 was $51,939, up from $22,415 in 1984 -- a 131.7% rise over the 29-year timeframe.
September 17th, 2014 Doug Short
Earlier today I updated my commentary on household income distribution to include the Census Bureau's release of the 2013 annual data. My focus was on arithmetic mean (average) household incomes by quintile (and the top 5%) over the 46-year history of this data series. The analysis offered some fascinating insights into U.S. household incomes.
The Census Bureau has now released its annual report household income data for 2013. It is posted on the Census Bureau website. What I'm featuring in this update is an analysis of the quintile breakdown of data from 1967 through 2013 along with the statistics for the top 5%.
September 16th, 2014 Doug Short
What is the single best indicator of the American Dream? Many would point to household income growth. The Census Bureau has now published some selected annual household income data in a new report: Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013. Last year the median (middle) household income was $51,939 -- a 1.8% year-over-year increase that shrinks to 0.3% when adjusted for inflation. Let's put the new release into a larger historical context.


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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
) or Freddie Mac's first-quarter 2014 results had a minimal effect
on its share price. Though the company reflected the 10th
consecutive quarter of positive earnings, net income of $4.0
billion was below the prior-quarter earnings of $8.6 billion.
Notably, the results included legal settlement benefit of post-tax
$3.4 billion and derivative losses of $1.6 billion after-tax.
Results were negatively impacted by derivative losses, reduced
legal settlement proceeds and elevated income tax expense. These
negatives were partially offset by lower net impairment expense.
Freddie Mac reported pre-tax income of $5.8 billion, down 37.6%
Performance in Detail
Net interest income declined 7.9% sequentially to $3.5 billion. Net
interest yield stood at 0.72%, down 4 basis points sequentially.
The decline reflects reduced higher-yielding mortgage-related
assets. Moreover, non-interest income decreased 46.6% sequentially
to $3.1 billion.
Non-interest expense increased 97.7% from the prior quarter to $771
million. Notably, the prior quarter included benefit of the Lehman
bankruptcy settlement.
Freddie Mac reported provision for credit losses of $85 million in
the quarter, compared with a benefit of $201 million in the prior
quarter. The provision was driven by $0.5 billion reduction in
recoveries from counterparty settlements.
Furthermore, segment-wise, on a sequential basis, Single-family
Guarantee, Investments and Multifamily segments recorded a fall of
76.9%, 52.2% and 20% in earnings, respectively.
Based on net worth of $6.9 billion, Freddie Mac's dividend
obligation to the Treasury will stand at $4.5 billion in Jun 2014.
Notably, including this dividend obligation, the company's
aggregate cash dividends paid to the Treasury will total $86.3
billion as compared with cumulative cash draws of $71.3 billion
received from the Treasury through Mar 2014.
Further, since Jan 1, 2009, Freddie Mac provided $2.3 trillion of
liquidity to the mortgage market, which helped in funding 7.8
million refinancings, 2.1 million home purchases and 1.7 million
units of multifamily rental housing. Moreover, the company helped
about 987,000 borrowers to avoid foreclosure, which included 34,000
in first-quarter 2014.
Credit Quality
As of Mar 31, 2014, Freddie Mac's new single-family book (loans
acquired after 2008, excluding HARP and other relief refinance
mortgages) was 55% of the UPB of Freddie Mac's single-family credit
guarantee portfolio, while HARP and other relief refinance loans
accounted for 21% of the portfolio.
Further, Freddie Mac's 2005-2008 legacy single-family book
continued to decline. As of Mar 31, 2014, the book represented 15%
of the portfolio and recorded 77% of the company's single-family
credit losses during the quarter.
Recent Settlements
During first-quarter 2014, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing
Finance Agency (FHFA) entered into agreements with a number of
firms for settling litigations related to Freddie Mac's investment
in certain private label securities (PLS). These settlements
increased the company's pre-tax income by $4.5 billion in the
Further, Freddie Mac entered into deals with many of its sellers to
resolve certain representation and warranty claims in lieu of
one-time cash payments. Notably, these agreements increased the
company's pre-tax income by $0.3 billion.
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Results were adversely impacted by lower credit related income and
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Why haredim should not be Zionists
Sea of Haredim 370.
(photo credit:Marc Israel Sellem)
In his op-ed contribution (Why haredim should be Zionists, April 24), Dov Lipman
argues that "Haredim, who accept the Bible, the Talmud and the rabbis should
embrace Zionism and the State of Israel." I think that haredim would
disagree with his conjunction of "Zionism and the State of Israel" and argue
that the two are not identical.While almost all of them support the
latter vis-à-vis the Palestinians, they oppose the former, but that all depends
on what one means by the term "Zionism."Most of Lipman's arguments are
based on the traditional Jewish love of the Land of Israel and the desire to
live there in order more fully to live a Torah-centred life, especially by
observing the agricultural laws that apply only there. A further attraction was
the Ottoman millet system that gave internal autonomy to religious communities,
as opposed to the increasing interference by Enlightenment-inspired European
states that made its abolition a condition for the emancipation of Jews as
individuals.As a result, Jews immigrated in increasing numbers in the
18th and 19th centuries and formed the basis of the pre- Zionist Old Yishuv,
from which the haredi sector has developed. Similar sentiments also motivate
most post-1967 immigrants from the Western world.Zionism really only
came into existence as a political movement in response to the wave of pogroms
that swept the Russian Empire in the 1880s that were perceived as signaling that
Jews could not expect equal rights and that the solution of assimilation could
not work because of often violent non-Jewish opposition.It posited that
this "Jewish problem" was caused by the unnatural nature of Jews as a minority
within Europe and that it could only be solved if Jews formed a nation-state, in
which they would be the majority, when the non-Jews would accept them into the
family of nations. Originally it would have accepted a state anywhere (e.g.
Uganda) but soon abandoned this idea when it realized that this would not appeal
to popular Jewish sentiment and, therefore, would not attract any large-scale
immigration.The growth worldwide of anti-Zionism has shown that this
program has failed and Israel vis-à-vis the rest of the world is in much the
same situation as were Jews in Europe in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Anti-Semitism has morphed into anti- Zionism – the underlying hostility is
unchanged.A further distinction between modern Zionism and its religious
precursors is that, as Herzl put it, "the rabbis should be confined to the
synagogues," i.e. religion should be confined to the private domain and have no
influence in the running of the state. This program was implemented by Mapai,
which was the dominant power in the Jewish community during the British Mandate
and in the early years of the state.By controlling the issuing of
admission documents, it effectively discriminated against religious immigrants
from Eastern Europe in the interwar years. After the establishment of the state,
it also made great, and largely effective, efforts to "modernize," i.e. alienate
from religious observance, those coming from the Muslim world.IN MORE
recent times there has been a greater accommodation of religious sentiments, but
this is resisted by many in elite positions such as the Supreme Court and the
higher echelons of the IDF. For example the latter's ruling that "religious
soldiers [be] denied [the] option of using earplugs in ceremonies in which women
sing" (report, April 24) shows that anti-religious coercion is still all too
common.Such inflexibility is one reason why haredim by and large are not
willing to serve in the ranks of the IDF. It also explains why they are so
ambivalent when it comes to secular celebrations such as "Israel's Memorial Day,
Israel's Independence Day, or Jerusalem Day" and why "no prayers were said for
the state or on behalf of the IDF soldiers" in their circles.The
antagonism of the majority of the Israeli press which tends to suggest that the
minuscule minority in the Natorei Karta, who are passionately anti-Israel and
participate in demonstrations against the state and fraternize with such of its
opponents as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are somehow representative of haredim only
adds to their alienation from the rest of society.Many perceive that
they are seen by it in much the same way as Jews are seen in Europe by
anti-Semites.Probably most readers will be unaware that these Natorei
Karta fanatics have been disowned by almost every group within the haredi world,
including the Satmar Hassidim, who hold that it is forbidden to set up a Jewish
state before the coming of the Messiah.In Manchester, for example, their
synagogues have expelled the local activist and the haredi burial society has
informed him that it will not bury him, and returned his
contributions.Once general Israeli society understands the true, and
basically non-threatening, nature of haredi anti-Zionism and appreciates that it
can coexist with genuine support for Israel, one might hope that some
accommodation can be found that will be acceptable to both groups.The
author is a retired lecturer in Mathematics at the Manchester Metropolitan
University and a frequent contributor to both the Jewish and general press
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