Layoffs Increase
Challenger, Gray & Christmas said companies announced 104,530 job cuts in November, up 5.1% from a year earlier and 2.6% from...
Chart of the Week: Correlation Coefficient U.S. Dollar versus...
Is the falling dollar good or bad for stocks? The answer, according to Mark Hulbert, is: it depends. "Which is which depends a lot...
Season’s Subtotal
Here’s yet another online-only WSJ column: Season’s Subtotal. The WSJ will take a "regular look at how the holiday...
Rationalizations from the Dismal Set
. Once again, we go to the overlooked but very worthwhile online WSJ’s round up of dismal scientists: Friday’s report showing...
Nonfarm Payrolls: +112,000 Jobs
Non farm payrolls in November grew a measely 112,000 jobs — far below the consensus of 200,000 Wall Street Economists were...
even more Accelerated Depreciation of Capital Spending
We’ve extensively discussed the "Accelerated Depreciation of Capital Spending" tax cut, which is scheduled to expire in 4...
What If . . . ?
Over the weekend, I penned a corny piece “Giving Thanks” for the technical improvements we have been blessed with (broken downtrend,...
An Energy Illusion of the Highest Order
"We are living with an energy illusion of the highest order," So warns oil banker Matt Simmons, 61, whose "bold and often...
Guess who’s blogging?
Guess who’s blogging? Larry Kudlow! Whether you agree or disagree with his politics (and I’m more moderate /...
Economic Metablog Roundtable
Several readers had asked for a list of economic blogs (which I discussed back on October 8) Since that post, I’ve discovered a new...