China Syndrome Puts Wall Street On Defensive
China’s efforts to curb asset inflation undercuts Shanghai Composite, spreads weakness to U.S., Barrons.com’s Bob O’Brien:
Media Appearance: Countdown to the Closing Bell, with Liz Claman
> A quick note before I hop out the door — I will be on Liz Claman’s show from 3:00 to 4:00pm today on Fox Business, discussing...
10 Links for Thursday
Here are 10 items to keep you busy this afternoon. (All links are guaranteed to be gluten and lactose-free). • The Roubini Backlash...
Art Cashin on Weak Claims Data
Countdown to the opening bel, with Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services and CNBC’s
BiModality of Markets: Why Mean-Variance Doesn’t Work
Via Bob Bronson, we get this very interesting way to think about the potential universe of market returns: In addition to the almost...
Merrill Lynch Global Fund Manager Survey
Interesting results of Merrill’s Monthly Manager Survey: It seems that most managers are very upbeat about the economy and the...
Philly Fed survey
The August Philly Fed survey came in at +4.2, above the consensus of -2.0, up from -7.5 in July and follows the unexpected gain in the...
Jobless Claims data
Initial Jobless Claims totaled 576k, 26k more than expected and up 15k from the prior week which was revised up by 3k. This brings the 4...
Top 10 Things the Letters “UBS” Stands For
Last night, I asked what the letters “U B S” stood for — using “U Better Sing” and “Unreliable Bankers Swiss”...