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Dow Chemical’s Q4 Results Make Me Wonder if the U.S. Was In Recession Last Quarter

Dow Chemical (DOW) reported its Q4 earnings today and helpfully provided supplementary, detailed information on how much of its sales came from volume changes vs. price changes. Since Dow is so large and diversified, it is a sort of proxy for the economy. Here are some highlights.

North American volume was down 4% year on [...]

A Historical Look At Dividend Yields and Stock Prices

The chart below is a chart of the dividend yield on the S&P 500 (or a synthetic version of such before the modern version began in 1950. This courtesy of the excellent site multipl.com.

The above chart is for those many people who won’t buy a Treasury or high-grade corporate bond . . [...]