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Jobless Claims
Ignore ’em this week. Christmas day throws the data gathering off. Same with next week. > (I cannot believe what I hear about...
2008 Investment Guides Are HILARIOUS
Via New York Magazine, comes this amusing collection of bad forecasts for the 2008 year: • Jon Birger, senior writer, Fortune Investors...
Stock market internals – further headway in ’09?
Stock market internals – further headway in ’09? As investors ring out the old year, trading volume should remain light until...
The Fall of AIG
Part III of the Washington Post series on AIG. Today’s version: Downgrades And Downfall. Here’s an excerpt: Once a small part...
Marc Faber on 2009: Fade the Strategists
A telephone interview with Marc “Gloom, Boom & Doom Report” Faber on the outlook for 2009. hat tip Paul Kedrosky
GMAC Decision by the Fed is a Travesty
In our latest comment in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we opine on the Fed’s approval of GMAC’s application to become a bank...
A Different Kind of Music List: Best of 2008
It’s that time of year again! Following our successful outings the past four years, we’re at it again. Our (belated) Different...
Perspectives on the Markets and Your Money
Perspectives on the Markets and Your Money (Previously recorded on 12/10/08) click for video: This is a long, but valuable dicussion:...
Gasoline = $1.17
Wheatland, Wyoming seems to have the cheapest gas in the nation: Picture courtesy of the Sheridan Press (PDF) Hat tip John B