Economists vs. Job Creation: Why the disconnect?
Here’s my most recent commentary. Its kinda big, so an excerpt is here, and the full piece is below. “Slow Job Growth Puzzles...
Clive Davis: Music Retailers a Bore
Here’s a news flash: Shopping in retail music stores is boring. So says industry impressario Clive Davis, who apparently has a...
Anti-Competitive Behavior: Radio
Oooh, I’m shocked! Shocked to find anti-competitive behavior in the radio industry! (Your winnings, sir.) Forbers takes a swipe at...
Job Growth Is Weak In Several Key States
Another terrific data source from the WSJ, buried online. (This is an excellent source of information, and is well worth the expense of...
Is DVD Done?
Here’s an interesting take from high end Audio mag AV Revolution: The DVD format is the most successful consumer AV media format...
Mutual Fund Liquidations
Here’s a fascinating, mostly overlooked little article — Mutual Funds Opt to Liquidate in Wednesday’s NYT. It almost...
Barton Biggs Better Begin Browsing Blogs . . .
As we noted last November, oil prices were approaching resistance at $32.25. As we noted, “if prices pop over that level, you could...
SEC reports new stock scam
A new scam is going around, according to this SEC press release. Here’s how the pump & dump scam work: They leave a voicemail...
Sideways action since October 2003
After a huge run up in 2003, what makes the most sensein 1H 2004? Gary Smith (of the Street.com) thinks the recent action is pretty much...