The aggregate headline economic data shows things are not all that bad, and the recovery is proceeding modestly along — why then,...
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Yet another look (see prior takes here and here) at the concept of market cycles. The past century shows alternating Bullish and...
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Forget most of what you are reading about the post-Katrina recovery. This is an unprecedented U.S. disaster that will have repercussions...
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Very cool Widget available for Apple’s OS X Tiger, allowing you to check the prices of your local gas station. Here’s the...
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Interesting chart via PIMCO’s Bill Gross, comparing manufacturing employment with tat of Real Estate agents. Recall we visited a...
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I’m a big believer in accountability — both on Wall Street and in D.C. That’s why I admit my (all too frequent) errors...
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Good round up from Dow Jones: Over a week after making landfall, the broad economic fallout from Hurricane Katrina continues to unfold....
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click for larger photo The bottom line impact of Katrina: Gasoline at $4. That is the highest I saw petrol at, admittedly on Labor Day...
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I love beating the WSJ: In Friday’s paper, the article Housing Market Gives Cooling Sign covers many of the issues we touched upon...
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Chart of the Day looks at how the stock market has responded to significant increases in gasoline prices over the past 25 years....
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