Markets and Investing
Consensus on interest rates has been all wrong
Bonds ripping everywhere, not just US Treasuries: Emerging Mkt bonds new highs today $EMB, Muni's new highs $MUB, Invt Grade Corporates $LQD
— J.C. Parets (@allstarcharts) May 8, 2014
Fill in the blank
"_________ is trading lower today as investors make room for Alibaba."
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) May 7, 2014
Strong profit growth for wirehouses
Lots of colors in these charts, but for wirehouses the 1 that matters is green http://t.co/3EUk9ehdxk pic.twitter.com/eo6Oo44ujo $$$
— Trevor Hunnicutt (@trhunnicutt) May 8, 2014
Guess which one we did? (The dumb one . . . )
.@dianewitt There are smart bailouts; and dumb ones. Smart: fire (jail) the chiefs. Wipe out the shareholders. Dumb: dole out free money.
— umair haque (@umairh) May 8, 2014
Clash of the Financial Pundits, now on sale
Clash of the Financial Pundits – everyone who appears in the book!
Original graphic by the genius @darth pic.twitter.com/h4iDDpkqRL
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) May 8, 2014
Economy
Interesting divergence
Is inflation actually low? It could depend on whether you measure prices in stores or online. http://t.co/izzAXpROc7 pic.twitter.com/kko9gCMIkS
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) May 4, 2014
This is a good thing:
The Great Restructuring: More demand for computer geeks, less demand for bankers HT: @ChrisGiles_ @FT #2MA pic.twitter.com/hm0X5Uvtjn
— Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn) May 4, 2014
Eejits!
Politicians have never had access to so much data: how come their debates are so sterile? http://t.co/lMs6oCXuFP pic.twitter.com/Nk9ZYjVRzV
— The Economist (@EconUS) May 5, 2014
Magic
The number of uninsured has dramatically dropped due to some unknown magical event http://t.co/eFyuflQPnG pic.twitter.com/8iH2HsxDQZ
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 5, 2014
NILF:
Even without the recession, the labor force participation rate would fallen a lot: http://t.co/p5k60WMz39 pic.twitter.com/VvDPlLXFF3
— Evan Soltas (@esoltas) May 3, 2014
Random Items
Hardly at all
Universal mammogram screening shows we don't understand risk http://t.co/QWXVN81rev
— The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) May 6, 2014
Convenience versus Quality
Sonic Boom: How digital technology is transforming our relationship with sound http://t.co/4Wath3KnjC pic.twitter.com/gcI7Zzrzz0
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) May 5, 2014
Me likey!
Announcing The 30th Anniversary Edition #BMW M5—the most powerful BMW ever with 600hp and 516 lb-ft of torque. pic.twitter.com/GpWAUy9WQC
— BMW USA (@BMWUSA) May 6, 2014
Go NASA
How does your garden glow? @NASA's OCO-2 will track plant health by its shine. http://t.co/mrwcBspztB pic.twitter.com/UtIU6Qudq0
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) May 5, 2014
Cool idea
These 17 fantastical Rube Goldberg-style contraptions represent 17 different countries: http://t.co/kEHOy1LIDC pic.twitter.com/EYnk7Tlyjh
— Co.Design (@FastCoDesign) May 8, 2014
What's been said:
Discussions found on the web: