Parks and Demonstration
America cannot expect a bunch of disenfranchised park-dwellers to come up with a solution to its economic woes — they have a...
Too Much Moneyball
The story of the New York Yankees and their strategy for success. October 3, 2011
Succinct summation of week’s events (10/07/11)
Succinct summation of week’s events: Positives: 1) Sept Payrolls surprise to upside but monthly ytd avg is still only 119k 2) ISM...
Michael Lewis: The United States is Now a Third-World Nation
Michael Lewis, author of the new book “Boomerang,” says the United States and many European nations suffered a moral failure...
The Impact of Phoney Short Squeezes
> Stock investors may take days to distinguish real news from noise, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York. This is especially...
Brodsky on Media Coverage of Wall Street Protesters
Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York. ~~~ The protesters on Wall...
10 Friday Reads
Here are some reads to end your week: • Tired of Ups and Downs, Investors Say, ‘Let Me Out!’ (WSJ) • What Is Obama’s...
Payrolls, phew
The US economy added (until revised) 103k jobs, well above expectations of 60k, led by the private sector which added 137k jobs vs the...
NFP Report: Trend vs Single Data Point
The show must go on . . . Despite the events of the past few days, the never ending stream of data, useless and informative alike,...