VIX
If the VIX closes below 30 today, it will be the first time since Sept 12th, the Friday before the Lehman bankruptcy announcement on the...
Visualizing the Stress Test
Nice interactive map from AP showing where the economic weakness has hit the hardest: > click thru, than mouse over cities for...
Sign Up for David Rosenberg (Merrill Lynch) Research
One of my more favored Wall Street researchers, the former Merrill Lynch North Amercian economist David Rosenberg, has moved on to...
SPX Swings
Ron Griess of The Chart Store has such simple informative charts, I cannot help but linking ot them on a regular basis: >
Credit Crisis Watch: Thawing – noteworthy progress
Credit Crisis Watch: Thawing – noteworthy progress Are the various central bank liquidity facilitiess and capital injections having the...
Kabuki on the Potomac: Reforming Credit Default Swaps and OTC...
"Kabuki is classical ancient Japanese folk theater performed broadly and loudly for the general public. I became familiar with it when I...
Blaming/Crediting the PPT
Once again, the PPT gets credit for the rally: Mad props to Richard Suttmeir for getting this right . . . Hat tip ZeroHedge
New Construction Falls 54%: Less is More
Another brutal number: Building permits in April fell -50.2% (±1.4%) below the April 2008 rate. The monthly seasonally adjusted...
Ron Paul: Audit the Fed, Then End It
I’ll say this much about Ron Paul: He is intellectually consistent in his staunch opposition to the incredible money creation that...
One-day-only “lifestyle-liquidation” auctions
> Source: At Estates of the Fabulously Rich, Gilded Era Is Going, Going, Gone ROBERT FRANK Mr. Peacock Offers It All in a 1-Day...