Economic data
Initial Jobless Claims totaled 484k, a large 44k above expectations and up from 460k last week. Again though, a Labor Dept official is...
Damn You Cesar Chavez!
Count me among those who believe there are some serious structural problems with our economy that may well force us to live with an...
Top 400 Taxpayers
The IRS puts out an interesting tax document each year, looking at the returns of the nation’s 400 highest income tax paying...
Is it real or not? I don’t know, do you?
With the ferocious market rally over the past month that has taken the S&P 500 to the highest level since Sept ’08 at the same...
Lagging Psychology at Turning Points
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been debating the state of the economic recovery. The posts that have emphasized the shift in data...
A Simple(ton’s) Market Timing Indicator
Good Evening: U.S. stocks powered higher again today in what could almost be described as a minor feeding frenzy. A combination of solid...
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial
Vaccine-autism claims, “Frankenfood” bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public’s growing fear (and, often,...
Wednesday Reads
These are some reads that caught my eye today: • The more things change, the more they stay the same: The Limping Giant: The American...
Ripening Stars Near Rosette Nebula
How cool are these photos? Photo courtesy of NASA Photo courtesy of ESA
Tax Burden on Various Americans
David Leonhardt has two good tax related pieces (an article, and a blog post) that shed some light on who pays how much taxes in the US....