Housing really sucks/Confidence picks up
April contract signings of existing homes fell a sharp 11.6% m/o/m, well more than expectations of a drop of just 1%. The Pending Home...
Zombie Idea: Defaulters’ Retail Spending Spree ?
In April 2010, we discussed the false meme that defaulting homeowners were about to cause a surge in retail spending (Are Defaults Really...
News of day
The market news of relevance today is out of Europe. After Junker’s comments yesterday questioning whether Greece will meet the...
FDIC: Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities
Regulatory Actions Related to Foreclosure Activities by Large Servicers and Practical Implications for Community Banks FDIC Supervisory...
Aaron Koblin: Artfully visualizing our humanity
Artist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data — and at times vast numbers of people — and weaves them into stunning...
Friday Morning Reads
Some reads to get your Friday morning started: • U.S. manufacturing attempts a high-tech comeback (Chicago Tribune) • Cheat Sheet on...
FusionIQ’s Ritholtz on Stock Market, Economy
Barry Ritholtz, chief executive officer of FusionIQ, talks about the outlook for the U.S. stock market, economy and his investment...
U.S. Regional Unemployment Rates
An informative chart from the BLS showing the unemployment rate by region. Last month, the highest regional unemployment rate in the...
What Do People Actually Tweet About?
Tweet Topic Explorer (Neoformix) is a bubble chart illustrating the most popular themes discussed by a specific user-chosen Twitter...
Building a “Dedicated Digital Reporter”
From Irene Ros and the Visual Communication Lab, comes this unusual interactive graphic. It uses data from the NYT’s coverage of...