Video-o-rama: Risky assets – optimism waxing, pessimism waning
Video-o-rama: Risky assets – optimism waxing, pessimism waning Despite rising Treasury Note yields, US stock markets yesterday closed...
treasuries/stocks
With the upward momentum in bond yields reversing on the heels of yesterday’s strong 30 year bond auction, 10 yr swap spread...
Friday Night Jazz: Madeleine Peyroux
I’ve mentioned Madeleine Peyroux in the past — most recently, in our Best of for 2007, where we noted “Her smoky voice...
Consumer Confidence
The preliminary June U of Michigan confidence # was 69, .5 point below estimates but up a touch from May and its the highest since Sept....
Unemployment Friday
I continue to hear pundits overstate that “Employment is a lagging indicator.” Yes, in the aggregate, that is true. But if...
Investing With Less Risk
Less risk and less return is probably the best play for today’s market environment, with Doug Dachille, First Principles Capital...
Krugman’s Crisis Responsibility: Reagan or Bush ?
As often as not, I find myself agreeing with professor Paul Krugman on economic issues. We both were named one of the 14 Most Strident...
Dow Still Down in 2009
For the sixth time, the Dow failed to hold a closing level above where it started the year. It came within seven points at the close,...
The King Report: Intervention Time
> Verbal intervention via leak in time to help dealers loaded with US bonds – The WSJ: Fed to Keep Lid on Bond Buys; Big Boost...