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Thursday Wrap: The Downslope


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  • 10:00 AM Desmond Lachman at the American Enterprise Institute doesn't get the logic of giving Big Ben another term: "The Fed chairman's tenure has been checkered at best. There must be other candidates who could be expected to do a better job." 10 Comments
  • 6:40 AM Kristjan Velbri wishes gold bulls would stop whining about price manipulation. "There are much larger forces in play that will determine the price of gold in the coming years." 9 Comments
  • 12:00 AM The great barbecue debate: As Americans fire up their grills this Fourth of July weekend, Brendan Koerner asks, Is it better for the planet to grill with charcoal or gas? 15 Comments
  • 3 Jul, 4:00 PM Outspoken market strategist David Rosenberg laughs off the idea that Thursday's weak employment numbers were a one-off: "At no time in the 1990 or 2001 recessions did we ever come close to seeing such a detonating jobs figure, not even at the depths of those downturns, and yet we have a whole industry of ‘green shoot’ advocates today telling us that the recovery has already arrived." 7 Comments
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