Morning Journal

Economics

This Week’s Data

The March consumer price index came in up 0.3% versus expectations of up 0.2%; core CPI rose 0.2%, in line with estimates.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/04/bls-cpi-increases-03-in-march.html

Thoughts on Investing--New Rules of Money

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Steve Cook received his education in investments from Harvard, where he earned an MBA, New York University, where he did post graduate work in economics and financial analysis and the CFA Institute, where he earned the Chartered Financial Analysts designation in 1973. His 40 years of investment experience includes institutional portfolio management at Scudder, Stevens and Clark and Bear Stearns. Steve's goal at Strategic Stock Investments is to help other investors build wealth and benefit from the investing lessons he learned the hard way.