"AS WE WERE SAYING BEFORE WE WERE SO rudely interrupted by a man dressed in a white smock and wielding a scalpel (thank heavens he...
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Everybody seems to be all abuzz about today’s CPI number. Its no big whoop. Why? At this point, I think we can all agree that a 1/4...
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All I can say is, thank goodness we have no inflation! Source: Jeff Parker, via Cagle Cartoons
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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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I love when an idea simultaneously blooms all over at once. If we saw the same meme suddenly pop up all over the mainstream, that would...
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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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Today’s NFP number stunk the joint up: 75,000. That’s half of the monthly population growth, meaning the percentage of people working...
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Today looks to be a bumpy, with futures deep in the red as European stocks took a header on "a weaker dollar and prospects for...
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Larry Kudlow has been flogging my Ben Bernanke as Neville Chamberlain quote for weeks now. So why do I think Ben Bernake is dovish on...
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John Hussman of Hussman Funds writes: "Among the simplest truths is that market risk tends to be unusually rewarding when market...
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