Strange Inflation News
CPI gets released this morning at 8:30. Consensus forecast for September 07 — both the headline number, and the Core — are...
The Bubble Man
Very funny original song, written and sung by Scott Pettersen, on everyone’s favorite Fed Chair/scapegoat, Easy Al. I really like...
Hard Assets, Financial Markets, Risk/Reward Ratio: Where to...
Lee Quaintance and Paul Brodsky of QB Partners are concerned about runaway monetary inflation and the decline of the U.S. dollar. In this...
Money Supply Growth: 24.3%!
Numerous people have written, asking about how much liquidity is really in the financial system. I suspect the underlying cause of this...
Open Thread: Resilient Markets, Accomodative Fed?
As bad as the markets looked today — and at times, there was some heavy selling — the word that kept coming back to me was...
WTF: Zagat’s Restaurant Inflation?
Here’s one of those things that make you scratch your head while mouthing the words WTF to yourself. My friend and RM colleague...
Thin Trading: Fed Fund Futures and Antique Watches
Yesterday, Traders embraced the release of the FOMC minutes. Indices were flat up until just before the 2:00pm release, and then took...
Alan Greenspan on The Daily Show
Since its a quiet holiday Monday, how about some Greenspan-related fun: A stunningly revealing interview that Jon Stewart conducted...
Its Non-Farm Payroll Day!
Yeah, its that god-damned time of the month again. The consensus for NFP is for 115,000, with a range of 50,000 to 147,000, according to...