How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
The closer Mariano Rivera has confounded hitters with mostly one pitch: his signature cutter. NYT: How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
Planetary iPad App Turns Music into Interstellar Flybys
Very cool app from Planetary that turns your iTunes music collection into an interstellar flyby: >
Chart of the Day: National Gasoline Prices
After initially selling off on the bin Laden news, Oil prices have rallied back to new highs. Since we are about to enter the prime...
Defending the Economists
If you did not happen to read our piece discussing Shiller’s Sunday NYT column, its here: Uh-Oh: Is Shiller Defending the Failures...
Reinhart: Bad Loans Clogging the Arteries of the Financial System
~~~ Source: Bad Loans “Clogging the Arteries of the Financial System,” Reinhart Says Aaron Task Yahoo Tech Ticker, May 2, 2011...
ISM solid but pace of gains moderate
April ISM manufacturing fell to 60.4 from 61.2, a 4 month low barely but was almost 1 pt above today’s estimate of 59.5 which...
Short Memories (Fade the Inflation Hysteria, II)
Flashback to June 2008 (only three short years ago): Headline CPI was running very close to 5.0 percent. The Fed funds rate was at 2.0...
Dice Have No Memory
Since 1999, Bill has been a daily contributor and the driving force behind The Daily Reckoning, a daily e-letter with a following of...
Bin Laden’s (Long Overdue) Day of Reckoning
Today’s news of Osama bin Laden being brought to justice was long overdue. It brought up bittersweet feelings of closure regarding...
Futures Rally, Oil Falls, on Bin Laden’s Death
Here is a quick roundup on the news of Osama bin Laden killed in a Pakistan firefight by US Special Forces: -Stocks and U.S. equity-index...