Apparently, Barney Frank somehow hypnotized George W. Bush: click for video > If video does not play, click here, look for video link...
Read More
Overall, its been pretty quiet for a vacation week. My favorite anecdotal economic indicator? How difficult is it to make a left hand...
Read More
Modern Toss brings us the Periodic Table of Swearing: click for ginormous graphic Hat tip Dennis
Read More
John Paulson’s $20MM gift to New York University is to endow a chair in Economics named after Alan Greenspan. This might have...
Read More
Peter T Treadway, PhD Historical Analytics LLC THE DISMAL OPTIMIST July 8, 2010 > “Show me where he sits and I’ll tell you where...
Read More
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...
Read More
We showed the AAII sentiment survey (25% Bulls, 42% Bears) earlier this week. Here are two charts updating that data: > July 7th AAII...
Read More
Very interesting chart from BMO Nesbitt via the Toronto Globe and Mail: The recovery in stock prices from the lows of the recession now...
Read More
Penn Jillette on how reading the great religious texts will make you into an atheist, the future of magic, and how he and Teller work...
Read More