Consumer Issues and Investors
One for five. That was my record for tech purchases during the 2004 holiday season. My wife’s laptop arrived in perfect shape, worked...
Ken Fisher is (kinda) Wrong about Oil
I was surprised to see this bit of misinformation in Forbes: "Data-mine all you want. You’re not going to find a credible...
Income Lag? Blame China
Interesting article in The Economist about China and its growing economic (and therefore political) influence. I was particularly struck...
GDP Yet Another Misleading Indicator
I was out of pocket all day yesterday, and didn’t get a chance to address the GDP data. At 3.4%, it came in slightly below the...
How China Will Change Your Business
Fascinating story I somehow overlooked from INC, excerpting a book (China, Inc.) I am halfway thru: How China Will Change Your Business :...
Why Not Just Raise the Price of Sin?
Habit forming: A few weeks ago, we noted that Economics of Smoking were such that raising prices reduced the amount people smoked. While...
Chart of the Week: NASDAQ w/ MACD momentum
Kevin Lane notes that “Both the fast and the slower stochastics are turning down from overbought levels suggesting momentum waning here...
Quote of the Day
Amusing persective from longtime market observer Richard Russell: Russell suspicion (of course, I could be wrong): "Greenspan...
Wages & Personal Income
Why did U.S. workers suddenly see a "surprisingly large increases in pay at the end of 2004?" According to a new comprehensive...