The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, this illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the...
Six Impossible Things
May 28, 2010 By John Mauldin Six Impossible Things Delta Force Reduce your Deficits! Pity the Greeks Should the US Bail Out European...
The Flash Crash of 1962
“The stock market careened downward yesterday,” reported The Wall Street Journal on May 29, 1962, “leaving traders...
Enjoy Your Long Weekend!
Anyone going anywhere for the 3 day weekend? I’m off to the beach — and I love this video from (of all places) Hungary, done...
BP Deepwater Spill = 4X Worse Than Exxon Valdez
There are a variety of estimates as to the total spillage from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. As of yesterday, they were all...
Which Homes Prices Are Appreciating And Why?
As the chart below shows, the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 Home Price Index bottomed in January 2009 on an annual basis. The...
Gold Relative to S&P500 (1928-2010)
WJB’s John Roque looks at the past 4 cycles in Gold relative to the valuation of the S&P500: > click for ginormous chart...
Economic data
The final look at May UoM confidence came in at 73.6, a touch above estimates and up from the preliminary reading of 73.3 and up from...