Thursday Night Open Thread
Hey, its been a while — hat say we open up the floor for any and all topics? What’s on your collective minds? What is...
FusionIQ’s Ritholtz on Facebook IPO, U.S. Economy
Barry Ritholtz, chief executive officer at FusionIQ, talks about Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering and U.S. weekly jobless...
10 Thursday PM Reads
My afternoon train reading: • Kass: A Contrarian’s Dream (The Street) • Getting back to the gold standard (MarketWatch) • No...
American Gridlock
American Gridlock John Mauldin January 30, 2012 How do we resolve the current political gridlock over healthcare, the economy, and a...
Five Long-Term Unemployment Questions
Tomorrow is (yet again) NFP day. While everyone is worrying about whether the December numbers were merely seasonal, we should also...
10 Thursday Mid-Day Reads
My double dose of Bloomberg (Radio/TV) slowed down my reads — here they are for your lunchtime reading pleasure: • Global...
Facebook IPO by the Numbers
From Statista via Mashable: (some of those Statista numbers are wrong. Facebook 2011 revenue was $3.7B, not $4.2. ad revenue $3.2B, not...
The All-January Barometer Is No Better Than Assuming The Stock...
Consistent with their bullish mood and histrionic reporting, CNBC talking heads are touting that the stock market’s performance in just...
“All we need is just a little patience…” still
“All we need is just a little patience” for a Greek bond deal to get signed already. Hours have turned into days which have...