Barney Frank: “Re-Deregulating the Economy”
How far off the rails has the GOP gone? Barney Frank is now the voice of reason in the House. (Insane!) ~~~ Source: Barney Frank: GOP...
Change in Ratings (or, Charlie Sheen Goes to Wall St)
We have decided to change our stock ranking to reflect current sensibilities more closely. Rankings formerly known as “Buy”...
‘Oil, shmoil, we can overcome’ says the stock...
‘Oil, shmoil, we can overcome’ says the US and European stock markets as the daily rise in energy prices can’t derail...
Rebound vs Valuations
Two seemingly contradictory articles are in the WSJ today: • Dow’s Big Rebound Can’t Erase Doubts • A Serving of Doubt on...
Advisor/Broker Movement in the Finance Sector
The following was co-authored a former UST employee, now working at another bulge bracket firm and Barry Ritholtz. It is a little inside...
Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on Glass Harp.
Toccata and fugue in D minor by J. S. Bach played on glass harp (musical glasses) by robert Tiso Bach’s most famous organ piece...
Ronald Reagan: “Where Free Unions and Collective...
In a Labor Day address in 1980, Ronald Reagan said: These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us...
Comforting the Comfortable, Ignoring the Truth
Its not very often that I have a Pulitzer winner criticize a blog post I wrote. But since that is what occurred this weekend, I suspect...
$115 Oil, Contagion, Central banks, Markets & Rome
$115 Oil, Contagion, Central banks, Markets & Rome March 5, 2011 David R. Kotok www.cumber.com > “… there’s so much unrest...
Industry Code: IBGYBG
The phrase I was looking for in the last post was “I’ll be gone. You’ll be gone.” Iain Bryson was the first who...