Consumers Climb Out of Their Bunkers . . .
From the “It-Aint-That-Bad” file comes the most recent reports of consumer spending. As we have previously exhorted, the...
Art Cashin on Stochastics, Fed, Greece
Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the buzz from the NYSE. Airtime: Wed. Apr. 7 2010 | 8:50 AM ET
No Cushion for Greenie’s Legacy
As Alan Greenspan will once again attempt to defend his now-tarnished legacy (see Paul Krugman’s recent takedown here), I feel...
China/commodities/note auction/mortgage rates, oh boy!
With rising expectations of a widening of the Chinese Yuan band, the Yuan rose to the highest level since Oct ’09 vs the US$ and...
Goldman Sachs, JPM Dueling Annual Shareholder Letters
> Today’s must read(s) comes to us via two separate WSJ articles — one about Goldie, and the other about JPM’s Jamie...
Watching the Growth of Walmart + Sam’s Club
Terrific visualization from Nathan at Flowing Data, who updates his Wal-Mart growth vid with the addition of Sam’s Club....
Trader Vic on Soros, Gold: “Play the Lie”
Interesting way to describe the interaction between economics and markets: via Michael Martin
Smarter Financial Regulation? Look to Brazil
Good Evening: Just when the bandwagon otherwise known as the rising U.S. equity market looked as though it might throw a wheel today,...