Last month, CNBC introduced the Octagon and this week, we have the Deca-Box!
Another great clip from Jon Stewart (press play to watch the video):

Snapshot of the Deca-box

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Word on the street is that the credit risk of the Golden Arches are better than Uncle Sam.
VS.
5 Year Credit Default Swaps on McDonald’s Corp are trading at 24 to 29bp while US Credit Default Swaps are trading 30bp. This means that it is more expensive to buy [...]

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If you haven’t seen this yet, it is great! Thanks again, Jon Stewart

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UPDATE - For BKT subscribers, there will be no changes. We are not going to be away from the markets and will continue to send 2 to 3 trade alerts a week
After building DailyFX from scratch and spending 6 years as its Chief Strategist, it is bittersweet for me to announce that Boris Schlossberg and [...]

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If you recall, last week President Bush delivered a speech at the exact same time that Bernanke delivered his semi-annual testimony on the economy and monetary policy.
I love the Daily Show and just had to share this video on the Bernanke vs. Bush speech:

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