Credit-Anstalt 2.0?
If there is any doubt what is spooking the global markets look to the IFR piece, Credit taps run dry for European lenders, setting scene...
Reflections on Correction 2: This Summer it’s Different
Dan Alpert is a founding Managing Partner of Westwood Capital, LLC and its affiliates. He has more than 30 years of international...
Succinct summation of week’s events (08/07/11)
Succinct summation of week’s events: Positives: 1) ECB to the rescue, Italian and Spanish yields fall 100bps+ 2) Initial Jobless...
The Google+ Song
The Google+ movie is years away. In the meantime, this song answers all your questions about what the heck it actually is. Hat tip Litman...
“Drift Lower” Is BEST-Case Scenario for Housing
~~~ Source: “Drift Lower” Is BEST-Case Scenario for Housing, Ritholtz Says Peter Gorenstein Daily Ticker August 12, 2011...
Are We Already in Recession?
Bloomberg reported today that “Consumer Sentiment Plunged to Three-Decade Low.” That sent me scurrying to find some charts,...
Robin Hood in Reverse: Bank Bailout Bonanza Heats Up
~~~ Source: “Robin Hood in Reverse”: Bank Bailout Bonanza Heats Up (Again) Aaron Task Daily Ticker, August 12, 2011...
10 Myths That Politicians Want You to Believe
From John DeFeo at TheStreet.com, comes these 10 Myths That Politicians Want You to Believe (but you shouldn’t) 10. Quantitative...
Confidence plunges, inventories barely grow
The preliminary Aug UoM confidence figure, which mostly captures the craziness of the week and certainly the week before as the survey...
10 Friday AM Reads
Good Friday morning — here are today’s 10 most interesting reads at the opening bell: • It Zigs, It Zags: U.S. Market Rises...