Minimum Wage versus CEO compensation
Marc Brazeau of Blogonaut asks the following question: The minimum wage expressed in 2000 dollars had a value of $7.80 in 1968, $6.80 in...
G7 placating US public opinion?
Quote of the Day “Other G7 officials said privately that the communiqué was more a bid to placate domestic US public opinion than...
Insider Selling
Jonathan Moreland has an interesting perspective on insider selling over at RealMoney.com: Records may be made to be broken, but the fact...
DVD recorders
Shopping this past weekend, I came across 3 DVD recorders — all under $500: – Phillips for $499; – Panasonic for $449;...
Turning Japanese?
Does the U.S. want a weak or strong dollar? That’s the $64,000 question for currency traders. Earlier this year, a weakening dollar was...
E-Mail: Enemy of Productivity?
Has E-Mail turned into the enemy of Productivity? That’s the argument put forth by Matthew Lynn of Bloomberg. His article this...
The Casino Greeter
Quote of the day: Never mind the $140 million paid to Richard A. Grasso for his work as a casino greeter. Never mind the hypocrisy of the...
Technologic Dyscalculia
Quote of the day: For his part, Mr. Grasso demonstrated a remarkably impaired capacity to calculate the impression on both the man in the...
Hedge Fund Capitulation?
Do you want to be right, or do you want to make money? That, in a nutshell, is the quandry facing hedge fund managers this year. They...
More on Margin
Jeff Opdyke has a WSJ article on Margin this am: Deja Vu: Buying Stock on Margin Is Back in Vogue. His reporting specifically notes a big...