Street Protest at Goldman Sachs DC Office Today
I found this announcement amusing: Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein may have had his tongue in his cheek when he said his bankers were...
Trader Talk With Art Cashin
Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the latest buzz from the NYSE.
Did Bernanke Spark the Rally?
All too often, pundits, financial writers and commentators look at markers, they try to create an “If Then” causation...
Economic data
With some markets and many economic data points back to levels last seen in Sept ’08, the Baltic Dry Index is just shy of joining...
Groundhog Day?
Like right out of the movie “Groundhog Day,” Phil Connors wakes up on Monday morning (any morning in the movie) that greatly...
Uncle Sam, the World’s Worst Trader
A few months ago, I did a WSJ panel with Jon Najarian in Chicago. He’s a nice guy, a canny options trader, and the founder of...
Good Morning, Vietnam!
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in...
Week Ahead
U.S. Week Ahead: Retail Results, Economy In Focus 11/13/2009 Retailers including Home Depot and Target will report results and key...
Ayn Rand: The Boring Bitch is Back
There is a substantial take-down of pedantic bore Ayn Rand in GQ. They tease it thusly: 2009’s most influential author is a...