Pyramid of Misery
From Portfolio, by The Number author Lee Eisenberg. “The Number” used to be the “Fuck You Number”— the...
New York Times on Bear Market Rallies
I participated in a NYT debate about Bear Market rallies today: The Dow Jones industrial average gained 246 points on Thursday. The...
Video-o-rama: Five in a row for stock markets
Video-o-rama: Five in a row for stock markets The holiday-shortened week witnessed relatively few news and economic reports, but the...
The Bernanke Revolution
There was a fascinating article in the Washington Post yesterday about Chairman Ben Bernanke. It very much paralleled my thinking in the...
Earnings Decline
Chart of the Day: Alcoa officially kicked off earnings season Tuesday after the close. Alcoa reported a loss of $497 million in the first...
Passover Open Thread
Here is the open thread question for passover: Why is this Recession different from previous Recessions ? What say ye?
Larry Summers Protest
I am no fan of Mr Summers, but this is an unbelievably embarrassing clip — for the protestors:
1934 Chicago Tribune Cartoon
Cartoon from 1934 Chicago Tribune: The circle of history continues: (Why do these themes all sound so familiar?) > > Thanks, Dunk!
Sentiment Review 4.09.09
> AAII Stock – Deviation from 21-Year Mean Allocation (Monthly Charts) > Cash Allocation Survey – Deviation from...