January 2009 - Page 4 of 44

This is a brutal number: New Home Sales fell last in December 2008 to the lowest level on record — a seasonally adjusted annual...

Hat tip Paul

Time magazine looks at the TARP, and does some quick number crunching. Since the Tarp was jammed through in October, Treasury has...

Live! From World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Bloomberg, January 28, 2009

> My fishing pal and eel skinner Martin Barnes writes: The Conference Board’s leading economic indicator (LEI) ticked up in...

I love this excerpt from GMO’s quarterly update, by Jeremy Grantham: > 1. The Story So Far: Greed + Incompetence + A Belief in...

I’ve been closely following the various (new & improved!) bailout plans for the big banks — from the modified TARP to the...

Nouriel Roubini of NYU’s Stern School of Business is making fresh headlines, as he’s forecasting an even more dire outlook for...

Good Evening: Our capital markets had a lot to chew on today, and different markets may have offered hints with regard to near term...

Scientists from the U.S., Canada and Russia race to map the Arctic Ocean under the looming deadline of a UN treaty. Adapted from a one...