Succinct Summation of Week’s Events (5.27.11)
Succinct summation of week’s events: Positives: 1) Gasoline prices continue to fall, down .07 on the week and UoM confidence climbs...
Pimco’s Bill Gross says savers are at a disadvantage for...
Great video: Pimco’s Bill Gross spoke to Bloomberg Television’s Tom Keene this afternoon to discuss the Treasuries market.
2001: Steve Jobs Introduces the Apple Store
A pre-launch tour of one of the original Apple Stores back in 2001. Apple got it right. Love the Flower Power iMacs at the cash register...
Greek, Irish Risks Transferred to ECB
Speigel has an interesting discussion on the Euro: Since the beginning of the financial crisis, banks in countries like Ireland,...
Housing really sucks/Confidence picks up
April contract signings of existing homes fell a sharp 11.6% m/o/m, well more than expectations of a drop of just 1%. The Pending Home...
Zombie Idea: Defaulters’ Retail Spending Spree ?
In April 2010, we discussed the false meme that defaulting homeowners were about to cause a surge in retail spending (Are Defaults Really...
News of day
The market news of relevance today is out of Europe. After Junker’s comments yesterday questioning whether Greece will meet the...
FDIC: Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities
Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities by Large Servicers and Practical Implications for Community Banks FDIC Supervisory...
Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity
Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data — and at times vast numbers of people — and weaves them into stunning...