Rosenberg Sees ‘No Better’ Than 1% U.S. Growth in 2009
Merrill’s Chief Economist is not very sanguine on the odds for a quick bounce back. Audio: Rosenberg Sees `No Better’ Than 1%...
For Those About to Rock, We Have Always Low Prices*
Last year, we noted that the Eagles had "Disintermediated the Major Labels" by selling the CD to consumer via Wal-Mart —...
Newsweek: Why It’s Worse Than You Think
No, this is not a cover indicator — the cover indicator requires several factors not present here: It helps to be for a widely...
NY Fed Pres Geithner on Credit Crisis
Today, there is a meeting at the NY Fed of 17 firms this afternoon to discuss changes in "Derivative Infrastructure" and Credit...
Hedonically-Adjusted, Well-Spun, Nominal Misery Index
Numerous pundits have taken to claiming that the Misery Index — a combination of Inflation measures and Unemployment — is...
Pending Home Sales Index
I cannot access the original data — NAR servers seem to be having problems — but here is a quick blib via Bloomberg:...
Sell Rating on Brokers
Note: This was written Sunday, and scheduled to post later this week — but given the Lehman news, its more timely this AM: >We...
Lehman posts Jumbo $3B Loss; To Raise $6B
I’ll have more on the brokers later today, but this is simply an enormous whack: Lehman Brothers to post $3 bln loss; sets $6 bln...