Another Not-Quite-a Linkfest Another Not-Quite-a Linkfest, filled with random holiday weekend linkage . . . ~~~ INVESTING & TRADING • The Bear is Back... Read More
Barron’s: Back in the Pool Regarding the prior post (Barron’s: The Bear’s Back), Jason writes in to remind us that: "Barrons had a bull at the... Read More
Economic Anxiety Disorder Dana Milbank is brilliant: > NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU SWEAT > > Source:The Economy? Words Fail Me.Dana MilbankWashington Post,... Read More
John Stossel is Utterly Clueless John Stossel is another Pervasive Pollyanna of Prosperity. Read his most recent bensteinery called Dire News from My Colleagues:... Read More
Headline of the Day: Zimbabwe’s Million-Percent Inflation I just love this WSJ headline: Zimbabwe Can’t Paper Over Its Million-Percent Inflation Anymore... Read More
Pervasive Pollyannas of Prosperity David Leonhardt discusses a few items today which are regular discussion points here at TBP. My favorite lately is why the public is so... Read More
The Housing Abyss “Housing optimists have systematically misjudged the market. Some became convinced that the huge runup was justified by... Read More
Quote of the Day: Knowledge, Science, Enlightenment For those of us who dwell in that hypothetical construct known as reality, the following E.L. Doctorow keynote address — critical... Read More
The Atlantic on Rupert Murdoch We looked at what Murdoch was altering at the WSJ not too long ago in Murdoch’s WSJ Changes Creates Opening for NYT, FT. Rupert... Read More
Who Killed Bear Stearns? Fascinating read in the August edition of Vanity Fair: They wades into the"Did short sellers kill Bear Stearns" (BSC) debate:... Read More