To the Pink Sheets! Tradesports’ Bad Call
Prediction market guru Chris Masse, along with columnist Don Luskin, takes a well aimed potshot at the prediction markets: ...
Beware Periods of Crisis Post Fed
More views on when the Fed stops, via WSJ’s MarketBeat: "David Rosenberg, chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch,...
What interest-rate action should the Fed take?
The WSJ asks: What interest-rate action should the Fed take Tuesday? Keep rates the same Raise rates for 18th time Cut rates The...
Hey Bernanke, What Up?
Doug Kass has been running an Entourage themed commentary today: "Technology remains in a downward trajectory, almost as bad as...
What are the Odds of a Recession?
“We have an inverted yield curve, a negative savings rate, six-year-high industry operating rate, multiyear-high commodity prices,...
Careful What You Wish For: Perhaps the Fed Should Raise After all
Friday’s reversal calls into question the desirability of a Fed pause. Follow my thinking on this one: The same people who...
Sentiment Cycles
This is a classic: Now if only I could remember where I pulled it from . . . UPDATE August 9, 2006 5:05pm Here’s another version of...
Conflicting Trends: Inflationary Wage Increases and Rising...
Short but sweet from Barron’s Alan Abelson this morning: "How bad was the employment report? Bad enough. Compared with the...
Win the Battle, Lose the War
Yesterday’s comments about taking a trade were correct about the initial reaction to the NFP. The weak jobs data and initial...
“These People Are Dangerous”
Natexis Bleichroeder Technician John Roque makes these astute observations about the inflation rate as it relates to sentiment and the...