The R Project for Statistical Computing

The R Project for Statistical Computing

Introduction to R

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R. ...

http://www.r-project.org/

Gretl

Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library

Is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language. It is is free, open-source software. You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

http://gretl.sourceforge.net/

Download Gretl 1.9 Windows

Daniel's XL Toolbox - Free and Open-Source Add-In for Excel

Daniel's XL Toolbox - Free and Open-Source Add-In for Excel

Daniel's XL Toolbox is a free, open-source add-in for Excel® that helps you to analyze and present data.

Rethinking Gold: What if It Isn't a Commodity After All?

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS|AUGUST 21, 2010
Rethinking Gold: What if It Isn't a Commodity After All?

This won't sit well with some people: Gold isn't a commodity. There. I've said it.

Preparing for the Next 'Black Swan'

WSJ.com - Preparing for the Next 'Black Swan' http://on.wsj.com/dm477j

After a decade-long bear market and two years of turmoil that saw the stock market plunge by 57%, investors are betting on still more financial pain in the months ahead.

Bond yields are near record lows. Gold continues to soar. And stocks are whipsawing as traders try to predict the direction of an economy that remains, in the words of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, "unusually uncertain." ...

China's Investing Turns to Neighbors

China's Investing Turns to Neighbors

China is looking more to its Asian neighbors' currencies and debt markets in its bid to lessen its reliance on the dollar.

'Just a bad trend' - 500,000 jobless claims

'Just a bad trend' - 500,000 jobless claims

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A government report Thursday brought bad news for workers and the economy: The number of unemployed Americans seeking a financial lifeline has reached its highest level in nine months. ...

Why the U.S. may not be the next Japan

Why the U.S. may not be the next Japan

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The fashionable thing for economists to worry about these days is deflation.

It's hard to go a day without someone proselytizing that the United States is the next Japan and that a Lost Decade looms on the horizon -- or might already have even begun. ...

China Cultivates Taste for German Cars

China Cultivates Taste for German Cars

As Chinese Drivers Snap Up Germany's Luxury Exports, Berlin Frets That Its Economy Rides Too Much on One Customer

By VANESSA FUHRMANS

Germany's resurgent export economy is presenting the country's policy makers with a new worry—a growing reliance on China.

Germany's economy expanded at an annualized 9% rate in the second quarter, its strongest pace in more than 25 years. ...

Stanley Druckenmiller Retiring: Why Success Is Much Harder For Many Hedge Fund Managers - CNBC

Stanley Druckenmiller Retiring: Why Success Is Much Harder For Many Hedge Fund Managers - CNBC

To many hedge-fund managers, news that Stanley Druckenmiller was quitting the business symbolized the difficulty of chasing returns in such a volatile market environment. ...