How to Save Newspapers & Journalism
There has been a whole lot of hand-wringing over the pernicious effects of the internet in general, and Craigslist, eBay, and blogs in...
China Figures Should Inject Caution
The market may be focusing on the stronger than anticipated data from China earlier today. However, attention should be on the sharp fall...
Where Will Growth Come From ?
I got into (yet another) one of those useless, interesting, unprovable debates on exactly where growth is go to come from. My colleague...
Thousands Of Abandoned, Foreclosed Homes Threatened By Florida...
Another instant Onion classic: In what forecasters are predicting will be the largest, most devastating disaster to hit Florida since the...
30 year bond auction
The 30 year bond auction was solid as the yield at 4.238% was below expectations of 4.27-4.29%. Also, the bid to cover at 2.92 is the...
How Many Hours of Work Are Required to Purchase S&P?
Are stocks cheap or expensive? Are wages up or down? The answer to the above question is obviously a a function of both hourly wages...
Bill King: Bond Divergence
> During European trading on Wednesday, the dollar fell to a new ’09 low. This produced a SPU rally into the NYSE open. US traders...
Rosie: 5 Points Worth On The Markets, Earnings & Ecomomy
Gluskin Sheff‘s David Rosenberg points out: 1. This remains a hope-based rally in the equity markets (with strong technicals). The...
Beware of Naive Contrarianism
Of all the names I have been called over the years — and there have been plenty — “Contrarian” is the one I am...
Morning stuff
The July Trade Deficit totaled $32b, almost $5b more than expected and is up from an upwardly revised $27.5b in June. It’s the...