Quote of the Day
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan "raised eyebrows with several unusually frank remarks in an hourlong discussion in...
As we wait for the Fed Announcement…
…which I’m sure has you on pins and needles, I got a big kick out of this: > UPDATE: September 20, 2006 5:48pm No change...
The Technical Dilemma
There’s not a whole lot I need to add to thus: Richard Suttmeier performs a full diagnostic on the Technical Health of the Markets:...
Yellen’s Yelling
~~~ San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen gave a speech in Idaho yesterday. You can read it at the San Francisco Federal...
The Fed is Wrong on Core Inflation
The release of Fed Minutes showed greater unaminity than was previously hinted at. That was the excuse for the intraday reversal...
Is a Housing Crisis Approaching?
Our conversation yesterday — and the weak Existing Home Sales data — lead us to an inevitable question: Is a Housing Crisis...
The Fed on Productivity & Inflation
How significant is the economic backdrops between the Greenspan and the Bernanke eras? That’s a key question for Dan Gross...
Does the Bond Market Have it All Wrong?
I have been fond of saying that the equity traders are the hormonal teenagers of the capital markets (traders think of markets as a daily...
Balancing the Factors Impacting a Rally
NOTE: This Trading alert was originally posted at Ritholtz Research & Analytics on Thu 8/17/2006 11:40 PM EDT; An email went...
House of Pain
The WSJ’s MarketBeat has an excellent summary on the Housing Starts data, titled House of Pain. The WSJ notes 4 relevant factors...