The title to this post comes from Barron’s Alan Abelson in this morning’s column. It refers to the usual-suspect Street...
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I spend 5 minutes on Forbes talking with my hands; Hopefully, this was an aberration and not the start of some new, full body, spasmodic...
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I just read on Reuters that Dana Telsey, Bear Stearns star Retail analyst, just left to start her own firm, Telsey Advisory Group. While...
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My latest screed is now posted at TheStreet.com, titled New Column: Monitoring the ‘Mad Money’ Madness . It looks at...
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I have a column coming out later today on sentiment and speculative excesses. Its an area that many investors have a hard time finessing...
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Its the first Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Nonfarm Payroll data for the prior month. With the consensus...
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Consensus for tomorrow’s Nonfarm Payroll is pretty rich: 250,000 new jobs. I think that number is high (more on this tomorrow), as...
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Retail comps were better than expectations this morning. As we warned during the holiday season, many retailers lowered their profit...
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I’m thinking about adding a category called "The Philosophy of Markets." Why? Because I frequently read statements that...
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Barron’s online edition ran with Monday’s Free Lunch: Myths of the Greenspan Era. Once again, the crew there came up...
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