February 2012 - Page 18 of 37

As I have long said, there is no such thing as toxic assets, only toxic prices: “Investors’ belief that the worst is over for...

The reason that the general approach and this specific regulation makes sense, given past practices and likely future risks, is laid out...

My early morning reads: • Big Long Is New ‘Big Short’ as Bass Joins Subprime Bet (Bloomberg) • The Letter: Hedgies’...

The amount of people filing for Initial Jobless Claims continues to fall, totaling 348k vs 361k last week (revised up by 3k) and 17k less...

Barron’s – Cover Story: Enter the Bull Even by conservative measures, the Dow Jones Industrials could top 15,000 in two years. Dow...

The wait on Greece is now really irritating and the lack of conclusion with the negotiations is clear evidence that Greece is still not...

Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo. Featuring an original score by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead,...

Last week, I asked the question “Where Are the Bears?.” I was quoting technician Helene Meisler, who had pointed out that many of the...

The government investigates trading on non-public information — unless members of Congress are doing it. The Daily Show with Jon...

The numbers on this are rather intriguing: So far, the brokerage customers of MF Global have been “reunited” with 72% of the...