Quote of the Day: The Dollar
“We want to support your American peso with our strong Canadian dollar.”-Pink Eyes, lead singer for the punk band Fucked Up...
HomeBuilder’s vs Financials
I’ll have something this afternoon on the Housing Market/Homebuilders. Meanwhile, before you get too excited about the Financials...
Dear Ben . . .
Dear Ben, Well, its been a rough couple of months. Like most new Fed Chairs, you’ve had a baptism by fire. First, elevated...
Pre-State of the Union Poll
With great reluctance and fear of over-stimulating the lizard part of your brains, here are the key findings of a recent Harris...
End of January Linkfest
Down. Down big, then down small. Down big, then up big. Up big. Up big,then down big. That represents each of the five days trading...
Fun With Data Analysis: The Art of the Plausible
Barron’s Mike Santoli looks at one of our favorite pet peeves: The use and abuse of data. His column this week, The Limits of...
NYTimes, Société Générale, & Me
>When it rains, it pours: Last night, I actually spoke with a reporter (novel idea) about a piece he was writing on Société...
The Bulls, The Bears, & the Media
Today’s "What’s Online" column in the New York Times is about an ongoing debate between Paul Kedrosky, Herb...
Black Friday Night Jazz
BLACK FRIDAY ~~~ On days like this, where the market opens up over 100 and closes down 170, I always get that "Black Friday"...