“Our results show that political connections play an important role in a firm’s access to capital. The effects of political...
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Nice interactive graphic of the last decade from the FT showing various world markets — stocks, bonds, commodities — in the...
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Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the buzz from the NYSE. Airtime: Tues. Dec. 22 2009 | 8:50 AM ET
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Here is a sign that things are artificially stimulated: Abnormally high Existing Home Sales for November 2009, pushing ginormous annual...
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GDP’s 3rd revision came out this morn, and it was below consensus: “Real gross domestic product — the output of goods...
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Its funny how two people can look at the same data point and draw opposite conclusions. That’s what makes a horse race. Sometimes,...
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> > If you are anywhere near a radio this mornings, I will be the guest hosting “Bloomberg Surveillance” with Tom Keene and Ken...
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A job listing on Bloomberg — this is too funny! click for bigger graphic Hat tip Stephen H
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Quite a few interesting reads, in what is otherwise expected to be an light week: • Economic Improvement two-fer: –Labor Data...
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The East Coast of the United States was slammed by a major snowstorm over the weekend, one of the busiest shopping periods of the year....
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