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GDP Growth’s All a Bunch of Garbage…

I often analyze the volume of U.S. train car activity released by the Association of American Railroads, hoping to find some magical predictive power over equities, manufacturing, IP, etc…, but what I usually end up with is a mediocre coincident indicator.  While in some isolated incidents the index can exert considerable forecasting prowess, volatility and […]