Tuesday Links
Some interesting reading for a sleepy Tuesday afternoon: • As Subprime Lending Crisis Unfolded, Watchdog Fed Didn’t Bother...
Sculpture: What You see Might Not Be Real
Via the WSJ: The sculpture “What You see Might Not Be Real,” by Chen Wenling, was displayed at a Beijing gallery Sunday. The artwork...
Bugatti 16 C Galibier
Now this is a badass looking 4 door saloon: > check out the split rear window, circa ’63 vette Interior: Check out the tail: 8...
More jawboning on the US$
Add the President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick to the calls over the past few days of a desire for a strong dollar as he is saying...
Visualizing Industry Job Losses
Sunday, we discussed the ratio of unemployed to job openings hitting a record level. As noted in the NYT, the carnage has been widespread...
Case Shiller Falls 13.3% for July 2009
S&P/Case-Shiller data through July 2009 shows U.S. home prices are still negative, but slowing in their rate of descent. Home prices...
Consumer Confidence – The future looks bright, but…
Consumer Confidence at 53.1 is below the estimate of 57 and down from 54.5 in Aug. It is well off the low of 25.3 in Feb ’09 but...
Trader Talk With Art Cashin
Airtime: Tues. Sept. 29 2009 | 8:50 AM ET Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the latest buzz from the NYSE.
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index
The July S&P/Case-Shiller 20 city Home Price Index said prices fell 13.3% y/o/y, less than the expected decline of 14.2%. It is the...
There are 215 Starbucks within 5 Miles of my Office
Over at kottke.org, jason started a thread about the maximum Starbucks density and Starbucks center of gravity of Manhattan. It seemed...