Economic Trend Watcher Prints

"When do we all start frantically buying gold again?"

"See - when interest rates go down, stocks go up. And when rates go up, stocks go down. Except when they don't."

"Can we close before the next Fed meeting?"

"Let's have a moment's silence to remember the profits we used to make."

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

"Anthony Houserman, I've found, is a fairly reliable barometer of the market."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

'With retail turnover per square meter down by an annualised 12% it makes you wonder whether people have forgotten what Christmas is all about.'

Prices Plummet

Caught up by the Crisis.

"You're right, it does mean the entire high street..."

US Economy

China Raining on Wall Street

'I'll have what's left of my people get in touch with what's left of your people to set up a meeting on a merger.'

Airline check-in with a bankruptcies update.

'Manufacturer' man carring 'expansion' boxes walks past 'The end is near' man

Diversified Portfolio in the Great Recession.

'It's not so much a car jacking as a petrol jacking. Open your petrol cap!'

The day the stock market went UP.

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

At first I thought it was just coincidence, but then I realized it corresponded directly to your shift.

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

Emergency Hipster Beard

'Call the boss! We're in trouble!'

'The recession is over, again.'

'Remember, an economic boom is usually followed by an economic kaboom,'

Evolving Changes in Medical Lingo

Jumping Wall Street.

The symbol for the euro (?) depicted as the wheel of a wheelchair, symbolising the state of the currency

"We're always excited to hear from analysts who are bullish on the market."

"I suppose you're all wondering why I called this meeting today."

'If we're going to be the sponsor of a winter Olympic even, it should be the downhill.'

'Why don't you use more blue? -- Blue is very popular these days.'

'What's this I hear about you going long?'

Business Outlook