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May 2012
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Dear Subscriber:

Welcome to the May 2012 Financial Trend Forecaster and InflationData.com e-Trends Newsletter.

The inflation rate for April was released on Tuesday May 15th. The unadjusted Inflation rate for the 12 months ending in April 2012 was 2.30% down from 2.65% for the period ending in March. Monthly inflation in April was 0.30% compared to 0.64% in April 2011.

This month we have several very interesting articles including Oil Prices < $40/Barrel?, Inflation Adjusted Stock Prices, Is it a Good Time to Buy REITS?, European Trends: Slowing Momentum , Form 1099B: Important Changes to Stock Reporting Requirements and more proof the government is fudging the Unemployment numbers by looking at Employment vs. Unemployment data.

Best Wishes,
Tim McMahon, Editor InflationData.com

1. Quote of the month. (Who Said it?)

"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. "

Answer at the Bottom of Page

2. New Articles

From UnemploymentData.com

Data:

Unemployment Rate Chart - Where is the unemployment rate now?
Current Employment Data -Comparing the "Employment Rate" to the "UnEmployment Rate" can be an eye opening experience. It is much more difficult to hide things in the Employment rate, you know exactly how many people have jobs. There is no fudging with numbers and "chronically unemployed", "discouraged workers" etc. either they have a job or they don't!
Historical Employment Data Chart - How Many People Are Actually Employed?
Misery Index- Created by economist Arthur Okun to help gauge the level of misery the average person is suffering. It is a combination of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate.
U-6 Unemployment Rate- U-6 is the broadest measure of unemployment and includes all classes of Unemployed plus those ”marginally attached” and/or part-time for economic reasons.

Articles:

Employment vs. Unemployment data- More proof the government is fudging the Unemployment numbers
Tips for Landing a Job with No Experience
The True Meaning of Success

See: http://unemploymentdata.com/

From ElliottwaveUniversity.com

Form 1099B: Important Changes to Stock Reporting Requirements
Investing Using a Moving Average
Stock Market Fluctuations one week it acts like Dr. Jekyll, the next week it’s Mr. Hyde.

See: http://elliottwaveuniversity.com/

3. NYSE Rate of Change (ROC)

Sell in May and Go Away is looking better all the time.
See http://fintrend.com/charts/nyse-rate-of-change/ for details.

4. NASDAQ Rate of Change (ROC)

Sell Signal
See http://fintrend.com/charts/nasdaq-rate-of-change/ .

5. The Moore Inflation Predictor (MIP)

Inflation projection down... then up
See what The Moore Inflation Predictor is forecasting: http://fintrend.com/charts/moore-inflation-predictor-mip/

6. Inflation Information

Misery Index - an economic indicator designed to help determine how the average citizen is doing economically. It is calculated by simply adding the inflation rate to the unemployment rate.

Annual inflation Chart: See what the Annual Inflation rate looks like now.
See http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Inflation/AnnualInflation.asp for more information.

Current Inflation Rate Table: See rates since 2000
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/CurrentInflation.asp

Historical Inflation Table: See the bigger picture-- rates since 1913
http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Inflation_Rate/HistoricalInflation.aspx

See how Inflation/Deflation correlates with recessions and depression.
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/images/charts/Annual_Inflation/inflation_and_recession_chart.htm

7. Answer to "Who said it?"

Ronald Reagan said, "The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. "

Tim McMahon, Editor
Financial Trend Forecaster
The Web's Premiere Inflation Forecasting Website
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