The Grinch Will Set you Straight About Holiday Retail Sales
Thanksgiving is next week. Along with the family and turkey and fixin’s comes the annual — and historically terrible —...
Uneven Recovery, Noise & Ignorance: Why People Missed the...
View Why So Many Hate This Recovery There are three main reasons for the pessimism. Bloomberg, November 16, 2015. \There...
The Long (Behavioral) History of Long Yields
I love this long term chart via Ben Carlson looking at the various behavioral issues that arise around every major Treasury peak over...
Hedge Funds Cost Pensions $15 Billion in Lost Opportunities
A new report poses an interesting question: “Would public pension funds have fared better if they had never invested in hedge funds...
Dori Monson Flogs Faulty Seattle Min Wage Data
@TBPInvictus here. Conservative Seattle talk show host Dori Monson had the (conservative) Washington Policy Center’s (WPC) Erin...
Iowa GOP Shuts Out The Daily Show; Hilarity Ensues
Iowa Republican Chairman Jeff Kaufmann denies The Daily Show access to a GOP event in Des Moines out of fear that the show would mock the...
John Oliver: Medicaid Gap
Amazing The election in 2016 decides our new president, but the one this year could determine whether many Americans will have healthcare.
Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch . . .
Deep down inside, you already know this: There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, financially or otherwise. Yes, of course, you...
No Spoofing, Quote Stuffing or Flash Orders Allowed
Stock exchanges once were operated as not-for-profit public utilities, managing the listing and trading of companies in the public...