DJMT on the Big Picture & NAR
Its always interesting to see which media picks up what comments. Yesterday’s critique of the NAR spin was grabbed by Dow...
Embarrassing Typo of the Day
According to Reuters, Washington Mutual is now accepting beads and blankets as mortgage payments: > click thru for heap big trouble,...
Quote of the Day: Pundits
My friend Helene (a well regarded technician) had an interesting quote yesterday on pundits: Clearly, the recession that hasn’t...
Inflation Pinch
When a middle of the road suburban paper like Newsday has a story like What’s putting the pinch on consumers? on the front page,...
Internet Hoax Gooses Stock Market
Traders woke up to a pleasant surprise on Tuesday morning, with equity Futures strongly higher. CNBC anchors were exuberant as previous...
The Secret Formula for Blogs
Hardly a secret, and not exactly a formula, but fun stuff nonetheless: > Goddamned, I look huge. The diet starts yesterday. Thanks for...
Read it here first: Illogical Home Sellers
David Leonhardt has a terrific column in yesterday’s NYT that hits upon many of our favorite themes: Real Estate sellers (like...
Out of Pocket Most of Today
Crazy day today, all internet video based: Forbes (Bob Lenzner is a terrific madman) India TVYahoo’s Tech Ticker (Aaron Task)...
Bloomberg vs CNBC Video: Bleccch
Yesterday, I noted how pokey and bug laden the videos are on CNBC.com, saying "I sure wish CNBC would get hip to embeddable flash...
Who Is Surprised by Economic Data? (part II)
This is the second time I have asked this question in recent weeks: Factory orders in surprise decline (CNN Money) ...