Barron’s Michael Santoli addresses the long-term outlook for consumer spending, and what it means for the stock market and economy.
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Stone Cold Spending Slow – When’s the Thaw?
Barron’s 11/10/2008
http://online.wsj.com/video/stone-cold-spending-slow—when-the-thaw/60BA94FD-258F-43AA-8A98-850306A0A5B9.html
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Knowing that the vote over the weekend in Greece was really a referendum on Euro membership, a majority of the Greek Parliament said yes to staying. European Finance Ministers meet again on Wednesday to solidify the 2nd bailout package for Greece at the same time hopefully a deal is consummated between Greece and its creditors this week. The Greek 14.5b euro bond that matures on March 20th is up by 2 pts. The optimism that all will be completed and contained AGAIN to Greece has yields lower in Portugal, Spain and Italy. The iTraxx Financial Index is also narrower by...
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November 11th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Barry,
For some reasaon the WSJ video links don’t seem to be working in your blog. I can see the video by clicking on the reference when it is also posted. Thought you would want to know.