Jim McTague, a dyed in the wool Republican, is surprisingly negative on the McCain/Palin team. Recall that McTague forecast the GOP would...
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Congressman Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, says this is really happening: "Rep. Barney Frank (D.,...
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Last evening, we asked what are the costs and consequences, as well as the market reaction to, the imminent bailout of Fannie Mae (FNM)...
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A series of high-level meetings between Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, and the chief executives...
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Funny comic from Ted Rall (who is usually too far over the top for my taste)
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“This bright new system, this practice in the United States, this practice in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, has broken...
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I’ll be on Bloomberg television at 2pm, discussing the weakening economy, today’s Employment data, and yesterday’s big...
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WTF is up with PIMCO ? Strange things are afoot at the biggest bond fund in the world. A weird sense of panic seems to be emanating from...
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Last week, we looked at Obama’s acceptance speech via Wordle. As promised, here is the same treatment for McCain’s speech....
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I’m out of pocket at 8:30am, so feel free to post comments about NFP and any related data . . . Back in the Saddle, with a few...
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