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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:41:53 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>The Buckingham Report</title><subtitle>Recent Issues</subtitle><id>http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-10-29T21:22:39Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.8.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Sentiment-al Journey</title><id>http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/sentiment-al-journey.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/sentiment-al-journey.html"/><author><name>John Buckingham</name></author><published>2009-10-29T18:01:08Z</published><updated>2009-10-29T18:01:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[While the widely-followed blue-chip benchmark has since pulled back into four-digit territory, 10,000 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average didn’t generate much excitement. To be sure, the anchors on CNBC and the floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange donned Dow 10,000 caps for the cameras and the event definitely headlined the mainstream news, but the financial media was surprisingly quick to pan the accomplishment. Looking at a couple of columns in the press penned in the aftermath of the crossing on October 14, the Wall Street Journal wrote, “Dow 10,000: A Caution Sign for Investors,” while CNNMoney admonished, “Don’t Trust Dow 10,000.”]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Signs of the Times</title><id>http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/signs-of-the-times.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://buckinghamreport.squarespace.com/issues/signs-of-the-times.html"/><author><name>John Buckingham</name></author><published>2009-05-28T15:57:33Z</published><updated>2009-05-28T15:57:33Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Despite the economic ‘Green Shoots’ we’ve been seeing and the sizable rebound that the equity markets have enjoyed since the March 9 lows, we still can’t get through a business publication without seeing a reference to the Great Depression. Certainly, we are not making light of the troubles faced by many Americans, but the official unemployment rate remains in the single digits and most economists are projecting stability and perhaps the return of economic growth later this year.]]></summary></entry></feed>