Bears Need to Put Up or Shut Up
The consolidation in equity markets is continuing. Yesterday, we noted that the US equity markets were in the process of digesting the...
China/Europe/US weather
On continued concerns with slowing growth, the Shanghai index fell to the lowest level since mid Feb and European stock markets are down...
US data continues to improve
The German Finance Minister Mr Schaeuble promised to provide assistance to Portugal a short while ago – his remarks, which were not...
EZ flash PMI disappoints
New Zealand 4th Q 2011 GDP rose by just +0.3% MoM (+1.8% YoY, lower than the expectation of +2.2%) and half the forecast of +0.6% and...
10 Thursday PM Reads
My afternoon train reading: • How Wall Street exploits individual investors (CBS News) see also You are not all that unique an investor...
On Grid’s Birthday, Beautiful Manhattan Maps
Here & There — A Horizonless Projection In Manhattan ˜˜˜ Overlapping Neighborhoods ˜˜˜ Mapping the World’s Photos ˜˜˜...
The Public Is Still Not Buying Equity Mutual Funds
Click to enlarge: Source: Bianco Research > Despite the recent Goldman Sachs decree that this is the best possible time to be buying...
Bernanke vs the Gold Standard
In a speech this week, Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke laid out a very reasoned argument as to why going back to the Gold standard is...