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Microgrids: A Utility’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy?

A recent data roundup by renewable energy industry analyst Paul Gipe shows that variable renewables are meeting much larger percentages of grid power than previously thought possible in some European countries.

Why Americans love the IRS

America's Internal Revenue Service in numbers

10 Friday AM Reads

It does not look like the best weather this weekend, so I expect to be around to keep you entertained:

FHFA Monthly Home Prices: March 2013

Yesterday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released the latest results of their monthly house price index (HPI) showing that in March

Durable Goods Orders increased 3.3% in April

From the Department of Commerce: Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders April 2013

Random Thoughts: Comebacks, Intraday Reversals and the like

Since it is a Friday before a 3 day holiday weekend, it is a good time to kick back, and think about what the recent market action might (or might not) mean. • Most Day-to-day market action is noise, There is very little signal involved, with the vast majority of commentary simply after-the-fact rationalizations of what just occurred.

SPY Closes At A 5-Day Low For The 1st Time In A Long Time

On Tuesday the SPY closed at a 5-day low for the 1st time in over 4 weeks.  This triggered the study below, which I last showed on the blog in December.

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