Trefis: Highlights Week Ending 18 October 2013
Written by Trefis
Below is a summary of the activity at Trefis during the past week that Trefis thoughtEconintersect readers would find interesting.
Trefis is a financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. It provides the unique feature of allowing the user to model future valuation based upon projected changes in components of each business. It also provides communication capabilities among members, including consensus of member analysis compared to Trefis staff analysis and blogging opportunities for members.
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Click "Read more..." to see our clickable table of contents with the most covered companies (more than 1 article) of the week identified.
What We Read Today 19 October 2013
Econintersect: Click Read more >> below graphic to see today's list.
The top of today's reading list reports on highly efficient new cars to come out in 2014 ........ and the last article is a great review of hiking the Appalachian Trail with 68 beautiful pictures.
In A Nutshell The Theory of Nine Eleven
Conspiracy and dastardly terrorist theorists unite as the friends of government explain why ignorance is strength. This video will self destruct in 4 minutes and 56 seconds followed by a knock on your door. Be afraid very afraid.
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What Did the Government Shutdown Achieve?
Written by Steven Hansen
I enjoyed the Rasmussen Poll this week where 78% of those polled would vote to get rid of the entire Congress and start over again.
The Recession Clock is Ticking
In the June 12, 2013 post titled, "This graph predicts the future. What does it tell you", we showed you this graph:
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The FRED series, Total Credit Market Debt Owed by Domestic Nonfinancial Sectors - Federal Government, is now known as Federal Government; Credit Market Instruments; Liability.
Politics, Polarization, and Economic Uncertainty
by Marina Azzimonti - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
American politics have become increasingly polarized in recent decades. To the extent that political polarization introduces uncertainty about economic policy, this pattern may have adversely affected the economy. According to existing theories, a rise in the volatility of fiscal shocks faced by individuals should result in a decline in economic activity. Moreover, if polarization is high around election dates, businesses and households may be induced to delay decisions that involve high reversibility costs (such as investment or hiring under search costs).
Why the Government HIX is Dead as a Dodo
Econintersect: Nearly two weeks ago GEI News recounted what happened when a staff member tried to use the federal healthcare insurance exchange (HIX), HealthCare.gov. The website didn't work. From all reports things have not improved in the intervening time. An investigative report at The Daily Beast is the best summary Econintersect as seen thus far of just what went wrong. How could the same administration that ran two election campaigns with a state-of-the-art website fall so far short on HealthCare.gov?
South Korea and Japan Top Internet Speed Ranking
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
For some time now, South Korea has boasted the highest average internet connection speed in the world. In the second quarter of 2013, South Korean internet users surfed at an average speed of 13.3 Mbps, 53 percent faster than Americans whose connection speed averaged at 8.7 Mbps.
Infographic of the Day: What Women Want
A look into what women most and least prefer in a man.
