Ameritrade: Dialing for Business?
File this one under astonishing: I get an email from a client on the Asset management side (We work primarily through TD Waterhouse, but...
Exotic Mortgage Brokers: The new boiler rooms
A recent cover story in Business Week on Nightmare Mortgages generated a lot of controversy, but never much clarity: "For...
Blogs continue to mystify the MSM
Congrats to Seeking Alpha on their Yahoo! deal. I was getting dressed this morning when the head of Yahoo Finance was being interviewed...
New MSM Blogger: NYT’s Floyd Norris
We have noted in the past when major mainstream press started their blogging efforts. The list includes the WSJ’s blogging...
Market Update
NOTE: This Trading alert was originally emailed to subscribers at Ritholtz Research & Analytics on Wed 9/11/2006 3:26 PM EDT;...
Freebies Galore! Home Builder’s Incentives
Whenver I hear anyone say home prices are holding up up, I have to laugh. That’s like saying the NY Knicks are undefeated (except...
Contra-contrarian ?
Several emailers asked the following related questions: "How can we have a sell off in September if everyone is expecting it?"...
12 Trading Rules
All Summer long, Hello Trader has been running a nice list of the top-12-trading-rules, along with a detailed explanation of each....