This is a classic example of working the refs: If enough long-only fund managers/sell side pundits spew the same misleading nonsense long...
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It is a rather annoying tendency of politicians — and their empty-headed acolytes — to use and abuse of data and charts. One...
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Lets just look at what’s wrong with a few items in Jim Altucher’s column yesterday, “The Underlevered American...
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Interesting column by Mark Hulbert in the Sunday NYT about an econometric model I have observed over the years and have been impressed...
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Paul Kedrosky references the Comscore internet traffic data. Its pretty interesting to see some of what’s getting measured and...
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In the 100-year Dow Chart post yesterday, the following issue was raised in comments: It would be nice to see your "100 Year Chart ,...
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The NYT’s Floyd Norris jumps the gun on CPI and Owner’s Equivalent Rent this morning: "Since 1983, the government has...
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The Sunday New York Times had an interesting story by Dan Gross about one of our favorite themes: What happens When Statistical measures...
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Via Mike Panzner, comes this brief history of big one day VIX spikes: The Volatility Index, or VIX, closed at 18.66, for a gain of...
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Yesterday, we looked at a discussion showing that stocks are relatively cheap. However, that doesn’t mean they cannot get even...
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