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October 2, 2017
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
October 2, 2017
Why the Twitter Predictor Was About Much More Than the Dow

Although one seven year old study indicates that Twitter sentiment could predict the Dow, a research replication attempt says no.

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October 1, 2017
Poland's butter prices
October 1, 2017
All You Never Knew About Denmark’s Fat Tax

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September 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
September 29, 2017
A Lesson From 1986

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September 28, 2017
Trading Places and markets
September 28, 2017
A Florida Orange Juice Squeeze

On one side of the Florida orange industry, we have shrinking orange juice demand while on the other, citrus greening and Irma have struck.

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September 19, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Warren Buffett bet
September 19, 2017
The Results of Warren Buffett’s Million Dollar Bet

With a Vanguard S&P Index fund competing against a group of hedge funds, a decade-long Warren Buffett bet for $1 million has just ended.

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September 12, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
September 12, 2017
What Technology Entrepreneurs Want From Government

With Silicon Valley being called a massive ATM, researchers looked at the opinions of elite technology entrepreneurs to see their political influence.

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September 3, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines
September 3, 2017
Looking at the Southwest Effect

Sometimes invisible, the Southwest Effect has influenced air fares and air traffic since the 1970s when Southwest was a small Texas carrier.

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August 30, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and government shutdown
August 30, 2017
Worrying About the Treasury’s “X” Date

Concerned about the "X" date, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has written a letter to House Speaker Ryan about the debt ceiling.

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August 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and "price gouging"
August 27, 2017
Can a Hurricane Help an Economy?

Before, during and after a natural disaster like Harvey, we have hurricane economics affecting gasoline markets and the GDP.

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August 24, 2017
S&P 500 bull markets
August 24, 2017
Throwback Thursday: When Wall Street Trading Was Slower

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August 22, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and the power of the market the bet
August 22, 2017
When the Power of the Market Affects Commodity Prices

The results of the bet between biologist Paul Ehrlich and economist Julian Simon showed how the power of the market affects commodity prices.

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August 16, 2017
AV ethical dilemmas
August 16, 2017
New Territory for Self-Driving Cars

Whereas the Model T brought us suburbia, highways and McDonald's, the spillover from self-driving cars will also transform our lives at home and at work.

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