Markets Pop Another Trial Balloon Good Evening: Investors headed into this past weekend worried about bank nationalization and tea parties in Lake Michigan. There was a... Read More
Collectible Car Market Still Has Drive This year’s Arizona collectible-car auctions weren’t the disasters auctioneers feared, but prices fell as buyers became more... Read More
CNBC: AIG Needs More Money American Insurance Group, the insurance giant that is 80-percent owned by the US government, is in discussions with the government to... Read More
Dow 7,100 Hey, its 1997! Here are a few notable things that happened this year: Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule; O. J. Simpson found liable in... Read More
Me Media: NBC Nightly News > I’m sure its just a sentence or two, but I am on the Nightly News with Brian Williams this evening. My discussion is with the... Read More
The Economy According to MC Escher Great take on the recent years of madness, via Across the Street: > > > via Across the Street Read More
Here Comes Nationalization Let me add that Greenspan is a consultant to PIMCO, the big bond house. He is simply talking his book. click for video Read More
Interactive Bank Failure Map Nice interactive map, via TheStreet.com: > > Source: Interactive Bank Failure Map Philip van Doorn TheStreet.com 02/17/09 –... Read More
Bear Market Comparisons, 1929-2009 The chart below is a comparison of the current market to all previous bear markets — including Friday’s new low on the Dow.... Read More
Debate Over Nationalization is “Semantics” Nice overview from Peter Boockvar: “The raging debate over whether to nationalize C and/or BAC is semantics at this point. With... Read More