The Greatest Show on Earth
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend Come inside! Come inside! Come inside, the...
FDIC Bank Failures (5.15.10)
Via The Chart Store, 4 more banks brings 2010’s FDIC failed banks total up to 72:
The Eurozone and Greece
David R. Kotok, Cumberland Advisors May 16, 2010 > “… after less than a 12 year period, many observers are claiming the great...
Lewis Black: Does Glenn Beck Have Nazi Tourettes ?
OMG this is funny: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Impossible Wall Street Fixes
I submitted my new chapter for the paperback version of Bailout Nation (July 6, 2010). It contains a checklist to evaluate the upcoming...
Europe Throws a Hail Mary Pass
May 15, 2010 By John Mauldin Europe Throws a Hail Mary Pass It’s More Than Just Government Debt The Grand Misallocation New York,...
One Last Look at Mortgage Defaults Driving Retail Sales
Yet another case of anecdote trumping evidence: I am more than willing to entertain the possibility that squatters are a key component of...
The End of GDP ?
There is a longish article on the value (and misuse) of the GDP stats in the Sunday NYT magazine. The author lays out the case that the...
Weekend Open Thread
Okay, enough comment filtering for relevancy civility, and intellectual contribution: Its a weekend open thread, and just about anything...