Pending Home Sales show big surprise in Oct
Oct Pending Home Sales were much better than expected, rising 10.4% m/o/m vs the estimated drop of 1%. The gain was led by the Midwest...
Trichet doesn’t bend to peer pressure
To the dismay of some, ECB Pres Trichet is saying no to peer pressure and is not discussing at all any expansion of their bond purchases...
The Facebook Effect
In an act that is surprisingly websavvy for a major publisher, Simon and Schuster just posted the first 44 pages of The Facebook Effect:...
Initial Claims rise but 4 week avg trending lower
After the very encouraging drop last week in initial claims, they rose by 26k to 436k this week, 12k higher than expected. The 4 week...
BAC: Senate Banking Committee Hearing (12/1/2010) vs Conf Call
Manal Mehta, Branch Hill Capital: DONALD BISENIUS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FREDDIE MAC: “…every day, every month I wait to...
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a …
Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky!...
Virtuous Cycle: Will NFP Lead to More Capex, Hiring?
The employment situation has been gradually improving. Has it reached the point where an upside surprise is possible? Like Housing,...
Top Economic Forcasters
Here are Bloomberg’s run of Wall Street’s top economic prognosticators. Click to open PDFs • Top Personal Spending...
Visual Journalism: NYT Amanda Cox on Cool Data Graphics
Amanda Cox in Denmark for New Media Days: Visual Journalism via Flowing Data