Bloomberg: Mark Pittman, Reporter Who Foresaw Crisis, Dies at 52
Our friend and comrade Mark Pittman of Bloomberg News died unexpectedly on Wednesday. The link to the Bloomberg story is below. Mark...
Fox News (Chicago) Makes the Best. Pie Chart. Ever.
Fair & Balanced? Not exactly. Mathematically competent? Not one tiny bit. > Hat tip Flowing Data ~~~ Update: Here is the Video...
Technical, fundamentals
As technicians don’t care about fundamentals, according to them, in light of the Wednesday morning news from Dubai that so shocked...
Annotated Dow Industrial Channels
Some looks at the Dow’s trading channels range for a slow holiday Friday: > > chart by David L. Singer at SINGER$MARKET
David Rosenberg: Global 2010 Outlook
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff, and Thomas Lee, chief US equity strategist at JPMorgan, share their...
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE DOLDRUMS
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index may have improved (48.7 in October to 49.5 in November) and beaten consensus...
History of “Black Friday” Is Not What You Think
Two Black Friday related issues. The first is Ethan Trex’ A Brief History of Black Friday (Mental Floss). Ethan disposes of the...
Oh well, there goes the quiet day after Thanksgiving
Well, there goes that quiet half day right after Thanksgiving. The Dubai request for a standstill agreement as a precursor for a hoped...
Futures Down 235 as Global Markets Tumble 3-5%
As noted yesterday (Look Out Below!), the sovereign debt default warning by the nation of Dubai (UAE) has caused some turmoil. It is the...
Amazon’s Price War
I mentioned earlier some of the ways to check out the deals going on, and some people lamented the idea of going to the mall. I totally...