U.S. Economy

• Unemployment in America: How Is Your State Faring? Valeo Financial Advisors
• U.S. consumer confidence edged up to 76.4 in April, according to the University of Michigan sentiment index Moody’s
• Q1 2012 GDP +2.2%: Growth slows on inventories and weak business spending Yahoo! Finance
• Orders for U.S. goods decrease by the most in three years Bloomberg
• Why American house prices have corrected more than those in Europe The Economist

Foreign Economies

• U.K. slides into first double-dip recession since 1970s Bloomberg
• Japan extends its quantitative easing program The Financial Times

Investing

• Costs matter (always have, always will): Investors are still voting with their feet Vanguard
• The Cost of Bad Buy/Sell Decisions Visual News

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