Rule of Law: Banker Criminality Demands Prosecution
A bizarre meme seems to have popped up recently regarding prosecuting banks for fraud and other crimes. What makes it weird is that its...
Clint Eastwood “Man with No Name” Trilogy Blu-Ray $24
Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns, starring Clint Eastwood, were a stunning remake of the genre. The stylized films were thought of...
Late Afternoon Reads
This is what I will be reading on the way home tonight: • When Regulators Side With the Industries They Regulate (NYT) • Is Facebook...
First Day IPO Pops
In light of today’s LinkedIn (LNKD) double, I want to refer you to this spectacular act of research by Prof. Jay R. Ritter of the...
Big IPO Runups of 1975-2006
Big IPO Runups of 1975-2006 ~~~ This has been prepared by Prof. Jay R. Ritter of the University of Florida using data from CNNfn, Yahoo!,...
Do You Understand Earnings Estimates?
> Run-don’t-walk to see Jim Bianco’s fascinating discussion on Understandings Earnings Estimates. >
Existing Home Sales Falter
click for ginormous graph chart courtesy of Calculated Risk > In April 2011, Existing-home sales fell 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted...
Individual investors get nervous
From the perspective of the always fickle individual investor, the sharp commodity pullback which modestly shook the tree in stocks over...
Understandings Earnings Estimates
In the video above, Hewitt Packard’s CEO Leo Apotheker said the following: Carl: Before we let you go, Leo, I don’t know if...
Morning Reads
Some interesting reads to go with your second cup of coffee: • LinkedIn (LNKD) is the Most Expensive Stock in America (Smart Money) and...