Rate hikes by year end?
Voting Fed member Kocherlakota in an interview with the WSJ said the fed funds rate could go up by at least 50 bps by year end. He said...
Forget Nationalizing: An Irish Renege on Bailouts?
Call it The Big Renege: Last month, I discussed what a horrific decision the Irish made when it came to their bank bailouts. They...
Online Publishing: Big vs Small
Interesting time line from socialmediagraphics: > click for bigger version
Calvin & Hobbes Explains Corporate America To You . . .
The irony is this is about 10 20 years old . . . > click for larger image
Dent: Crash Coming
We have been due for a correction (20-25%) for some time now –I dont by the 3000-3800 stuff . . . ~~ Source: Harry Dent: “Major...
How Would Japan Respond To Rising JGB Yields?
Japan could use a dose of rising bond yields (The Financial Times) Japan’s recent twin disasters have prompted questions about the...
Chicago PMI solid in light of macro news
Encompassing the late Feb spike in oil prices and the Japanese earthquake, the March Chicago mfr’g PMI was still better than...
US/UK: Separated by a Common Financial Crisis
Want to understand how utterly corrupted the US has become by its own banks? Consider the regulatory difference between the United States...
Housing Quality, Real Median Values
Visualizing Economics looks at what happens to the classic Case Shiller housing graph when you adjust for size, quality, etc. My...