Chinese stocks lower again
Responding for a 2nd day to its Christmas day interest rate hike, the Shanghai index fell for the 9th day in the past 10, lower by 1.7%...
Retail Sales Increase Most in 5 years
Leading into the holiday period, the data — and by data, I refer to actual sales numbers, and not surveys, gut feelings or...
Monday Reads
Here are the latest additions to my Instapaper: • Heads Up Play With David Einhorn (Dealbreaker) • What we have here is one of the...
Media Focus: Irrational Fears, the Sensational
The media likes to create lists, and around this time of year, we will see lots and lots of them. Biggest news stories, the years best...
Thieves’ Paradise: Griftopia
Matt Taibbi’s new book, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America, was reviewed this...
Caroline Baum’s New Year’s Resolution
Caroline Baum — Bloomberg’s snarky, sardonic columnist — imagines New Year’s resolutions for various Wall Street...
Lessons from the Muni Bond Market in 2010
John Mousseau Lessons from the Muni Bond Market in 2010 December 26, 2010 > 1) When Meredith Whitney talks about Munis, I turn down...
AfroBeatles ft. The Marksmen – “Come Together”
What a strange, funky wonderfully dischordant mash up: [Flash 10 is required to watch video] AfroBeatles ft. The Marksmen – “Come...