Succinct Summations for the Week 4.17.20
Succinct Summations for the week ending April 17th, 2020 Positives: 1. Markets rallied for the second straight week; Progress is being...
Unintended Consequences, Part II: What if LTCM Was Not Rescued...
This is part II of our Unintended Consequences/Counter-factual series; part one on Chrysler is here. More to come next week. ~~~ Before...
10 Friday AM Reads
My end of week morning train WFH reads: • This is the end of the office as we know it (Vox) • How people in Philly are spending their...
1937 Aston Martin 15/98 Short-Chassis Drophead Coupe
Will Spring ever arrive? Its been way too cold for mid-April, but when it does arrive, taking out a classic convertible is on my wish...
BBRG: How to Fill the Hole in Your Retirement Plan
How to Fill the Hole in Your Retirement Plan It’s not impossible, but it does require a level head and planning. Bloomberg, April 16,...
10 Thursday AM Reads
My morning train WFH reads: • The Fed Loves Main Street as Much as Wall Street This Time (Bloomberg) • Grocery delivery was supposed...
Real Time Labor Statistics
3.2 The Unemployment Rate Source: Alexander Bick Fascinating idea: Currently, we get a single Employment Situation report...
Unintended Consequences, Part I: What if Chrysler was not...
We live in a post-bailout world. It wasn’t always this way. Before the 1970s, America was not a bailout nation. For the first 200 years...
10 Wednesday AM Reads
My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • Virus Fund Cop: Stimulus Oversight Panel Has One Person Trying to Watch $2.2 Trillion Alone....