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) ...
The Economist on Wall Street
This week’s The Economist has a big feature on Wall Street’s crisis. Check out the cover: > Here’s the list of...
How Counter-Productive is Realtor Association Spin?
Fox Business Gunning for James Cramer
Via MediaBistro, we first learned that Fox Business Network bought ad space in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, poking fun...
Easter Linkfest
Okay, its Easter, and I know many readers have other things to do — but since this was such a topsy turvy week, with so much going...
USA’s Top Forecaster: NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun
I am slack jawed and dumb-founded. I am nearly speechless. Here’s why: According to a National Association of Realtors press...
“Don’t Remove Your Money From Bear!”
I have reached the now inescapable conclusion that Cramer’s show is structurally unsound. Its something I suspected for the past...
A “Bear” of a Linkfest!
Where shall we begin? This was quite the week to chose topics from: We had several bouts of Fed action, the best one day rally in 5...
Buying Bear’s HQ
During Friday’s live blogging of the Bear Stearns collapse, I casually mentioned their HQ. In the heat of the moment, I said...
GE’s Immelt on GE’s Green Initiatives
Wanna have a good laugh? Check out WSJ OpEd columnist (and therefore suspect wingnut) Kim Strassel asking questions of General...