Bloomberg asked the above question, and it is a valid one: By certain measures, pessimism was as bad as was during March 2009 lows....
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Apparently, Barney Frank somehow hypnotized George W. Bush: click for video > If video does not play, click here, look for video link...
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Overall, its been pretty quiet for a vacation week. My favorite anecdotal economic indicator? How difficult is it to make a left hand...
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Modern Toss brings us the Periodic Table of Swearing: click for ginormous graphic Hat tip Dennis
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John Paulson’s $20MM gift to New York University is to endow a chair in Economics named after Alan Greenspan. This might have...
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Peter T Treadway, PhD Historical Analytics LLC THE DISMAL OPTIMIST July 8, 2010 > “Show me where he sits and I’ll tell you where...
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Barry recently referenced a fascinating story by David Streitfeld in the NY Times. He beat me to the punch on it, but didn’t cover...
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We showed the AAII sentiment survey (25% Bulls, 42% Bears) earlier this week. Here are two charts updating that data: > July 7th AAII...
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Very interesting chart from BMO Nesbitt via the Toronto Globe and Mail: The recovery in stock prices from the lows of the recession now...
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