Barry at The Big Picture has a good post with graphs illustrating how high gas prices are relative to previous cycles. We are almost near the inflation-adjusted peak from 1981 of $3.31.

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Posted on May 25th, 2007 by Bob Brinker

Bespoke investment group provides us with an update on the yield curve.

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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Brinker

Barron’s Online has an excellent article detailing two recently IPO’d closed-end funds which are trading at a sizeable discount to NAV now that buyers remorse has set in.

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Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Bob Brinker

Once again, Calculated Risk does a great job tracking this issue. The answer appears to lie in quarterly revisions to the data.

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Posted on May 18th, 2007 by Bob Brinker

The Wall Street Journal has done some excellent analysis comparing the after-tax returns of ETFs versus low cost no-load mutual funds. The results may surprise you.
A Close Race, a Surprising Finish
Against Sleek ETF Rivals,
Top Index Mutual Funds
Use Ultra-Low Costs
To Gain Performance Edge
By IAN SALISBURY
May 7, 2007; Page R1

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Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Bob Brinker