NPR: Housing Forecast Debate
A Tale Of Homebuyer’s Remorse [2 min 39 sec] Transcript ~~~ Economist: Now Not The Time To Buy A House [4 min 5 sec] Transcript ~~~...
The Last Half
The Last Half But It’s More Than the Deficit Not Everyone Can Run a Surplus Pity the Greeks The Competitive Currency Devaluation...
9/11 Reflections
Each year, I try to avoid writing anything about 9/11. But I had some issues to work through this year, and I find jotting a few notes...
10 Habits of Mind for Investors
This comes from a math blog by a teacher called WITHOUT GEOMETRY, LIFE IS POINTLESS (get it?). There is a recent post I wanted to...
9/11 Tribute from Budweiser
Here is the famous commercial Budweiser produced after 9/11. They aired it only once, at the Superbowl in 2002. Anheuser Busch stated...
Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts Bonds
If you haven’t read the delightful Michael Lewis Vanity Fair piece I pointed to in Wednesday’s linkfest, you are missing an ...
Only 1 in 3 Americans Favor Keeping Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Here is something that I hadn’t expected, probably due to the way Fin-Television has been covering this issue: Only “one in...
Italian Landslide Captured on Video
Visually astonishing This February 2010 landslide is an example of liquefaction — the earth, rock and soil flow like a river. If...
Succinct summation of week’s events:
Positives 1) Greek officials reiterate commitment to deficit targets, Norway buying more Greek debt, 2 yr yields fall below 10% for 1st...