Barbarians Repelled at the Gate
My friend Brian Reynolds — bond guru at Kirlin Securities — had a very insightful take on Friday’s intraday reversal:...
Poppa Rick’s Texas BBQ
I originally published this on October 12, 2003 at The Big Picture’s sister blog — essays & effluvia — back in...
Technical Analysis challenge
Check out the Technical Analysis challenge at Burns Statistics: “The Technical Analysis Challenge” (pdf) 07 October 2003...
Bloomberg radio appearence
A quick heads up: I will be on Bloomberg Radio (1130 on your am dial in NYC) today, Friday, October 10, starting at 4pm and running into...
Margin Follow up
A quick follow up to the Margin issue we looked at in September (NASD Firm Margin Levels Spikes to Record Levels 9/17): The NASD website...
iRATE Radio: Music Business Model IV
As part of our continuing search for a viable music industry business model . . . iRATE Radio: An open source, collaborative, web...
Abusing DMCA and other frivolous litigation (SunnComm)
I just came across the story of Alex Halderman, the Princeton University grad student, who had discovered that SunnComm’s copy...
Changing Memes
Investors, like any other group of people, can get set in their ways. Once they become used to a specific mindset, they can become very...
Chart of the Week: Nonfarm Payrolls (% change from recession end)
Today’s Jobless claims numbers were encouraging, as was last week’s Employment Situation report. This gives hope that employment, the...
Random Items
Is it any wonder why so many investors, economists and strategists are confused? Here’s a news round up: Holiday sales forecasts...