Weekly Good News Wrap

The Good News Economist

• The Bank Crisis is Over (click for full story)
  

  Posted: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:21:00 +0000

  

  Do our banks still have problems? Yes. But are the top banks still in crisis? No.
  

• Another Thursday; Another String of Good News (click for full story)
  

  Posted: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:01:00 +0000

  

  Last Thursday the good news just kept on coming...
  

• Beige Book Hope (click for full story)
  

  Posted: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:13:00 +0000

  

  "Five of the 12 districts noted a moderation in the pace of [economic] decline, and several saw signs that activity in some sectors was stabilizing at a low level," the Fed's "Beige Book" summary reported on Wednesday.
  

• Luring First Time Home Buyers and Investors (click for full story)
  

  Posted: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:29:00 +0000

  

  

• No Basis For Earnings Fear (click for full story)
  

  Posted: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:20:00 +0000

  

  The first two weeks of 2009's earnings season have the perma-bears calling for earnings disasters in the Q1 results. A "sucker rally" is in progress they proclaim. But so far the profit jitters are unfounded and the only "suckers" to be found are packaged as candy on a stick.