Three interesting follow ups to Tuesday’s messy trading: First off, computer errors didn’t cause the sell off —...
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Here’s a data point to make you stop and think: As of today, more people have borrowed money from their their brokers to buy stocks...
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Surprise! Consumer prices rose more than expected last month, with big price gains coming in food and medical care. Fortunately, these...
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I mentioned Neighberoo in this weekend’s linkfest. Here’s a few fascinating series of Real Estate related maps :...
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Floyd Norris brings to our attention a unique statistic on Housing and Recessions Here’s another way to look at the housing start...
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Some fascinating data from the WSJ: • Nearly 1.2 million foreclosure filings were reported last year, a 42% rise from 2005. That is a...
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I come at the markets and investing from several distinct perspectives: As a Trader, as a Strategist/Economist, and as an Asset Manager....
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When the Q4 2006 GDP data was initially released at 3.5%, we noted that it did not comport with the data we were seeing elsewhere. And in...
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Every now and again, I read something that simply makes my head spin. This morning’s NYT article on prediction markets was just such a...
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NOTE: This Market Commentary alert was originally emailed to subscribers at Ritholtz Research & Analytics on Mon 2/12/2007 5:35...
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