The Barron’s Forecasting Challenge
Think you know what will happen in financial markets in 2009, then take our 8th Annual Forecasting challenge. The winner will receive a...
Jim Jubak on Deflation
Hey MSN! How about embeddable videos? I know Microsoft didn’t invent it, but this video technology sucks. Don’t you want to...
Another Retail Discount: MP3s Slashed in Price
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Video-o-rama
Prieur du Plessis does a weekly “Video-o-rama” of interesting clips. Quite a number of these have already been posted on TBP, but a...
Obama Approval Poll
“An Obama job approval rating of 79 percent — that’s the sort of rating you see when the public rallies around a leader...
Inside Look: Post-Holiday Sales Push
Live! From Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, NY: Interview with J.C. Penney Store Manager Jim Skopkowski December 26, 2008
Strange Bedfellows
Prospect‘s choices for top public intellectuals of 2008: Included are Nouriel Roubini and General David Petraeus. My pal Paul...
2009 Market Outlook: Year of the Bankruptcies
A Bear Market Rally – Analysis and Discussion with David Darth of Morgan Stanley Global Wealth Management: Likes TIPS, High Grade...
PIMCO Plays Chicken with Treasury
A friend Andrew, all around big firm Analyst, writes: “Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t PIMCO just win another game of...
Updating Christmas and Santa Claus Rallies
Bob Bronson (BRONSON CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH) informs us of several calendar-year based seasonal patterns he finds interesting. He notes...