
Boockvar on short selling
My 2 cents on the SEC talk on altering the short selling rules: Short sellers (SS) didn’t get people to buy homes with no money...
Mine Field
With Q1 earnings season now upon, the stock market has now turned into a mine field and will reward those that deliver such as BBBY...
Getting Worse More Slowly
Ever since Ben Bernanke’s 60 Minutes interview where he used the phrase “Green Shoots,” many of the key data releases...
Uncle Sam to Wall Street: Your Hired!
Here is some interesting news: After a decade of under-staffed regulatory agencies throughout Wash D.C., the nation’s capital is...
Markets Play Defense Ahead of Earnings Season
Good Evening: U.S. capital markets were on the defensive today ahead of the imminent first quarter earnings season. As a result, the...
Geithner Addresses Mortgage Fraud
Live! From Washington D.C.: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Opens Up News Conference 4:42 Bloomberg News
Manhattan Office Rents Plummet
Helluva bad time to be sitting with lots of vacant office space: “Manhattan office rents fell the most in at least 25 years in the...
Numbers, Damn Lies & Statistics
Fascinating discussion on how basic math discussions have been bastardized: “Numbers lack warmth. Cold as last year’s love,...