So much for a relaxing weekend! We spilled plenty of pixels on Fannie (FNM) & Freddie (FRE)this weekend, as did lots of other folks....
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Here are some of the things I have been reading this week . . . INVESTING & TRADING • The Reluctant Bulls (Barron’s)...
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Sometimes, these things just all come together at once: The other day, someone sent me this rant by Scott Ritter (video below). Ritter...
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I had lunch with Nouriel on Friday at Mercer Kitchen in Soho, not too far from his NYU offices. We chatted about many things (he gave me...
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The Olympic Games kicked off at 8:08:08 pm on Friday night, the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008. Coincidence? Not at all. The...
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Only two groups: The Media and Wall Street economists. I’ll make this as simple as possible. (If you are a journalist...
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A few tidbits for your evening amusement: • Confessions of a risk manager (The Economist)An insider explains why it is so hard to stop...
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There is a closer relationship between annual index changes (from the same month a year earlier) and year-ago changes in sales...
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Star Fund manager John Paulson isn’t buying the worst-is-over stuff so common amongst the data-free punditry: "Although...
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