2008 Recession Call: Increasingly Difficult to Avoid
The scales continue to tip in favor of our Recession call (Yo! Jimmy P!). Three recent comments suggest as much: 1) Macroeconomic...
Fifth Third Bank
Bouncing around trading desks is this comment on Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB): “Given its recent performance, the company has...
Federal Reserve Coverage at WSJ, WaPo
If you missed last night’s discussion of Greg Ip, the WSJ reporter who covers the Federal Reserve, be sure to catch it —...
Media Appearance: CNBC’s Morning Call (6/18/08)
This morning, I’ll be doing the guest-hosting thing on CNBC’s Morning Call, from 11:00am til Noon. Today’s topics: Oil:...
The MonoDuoline Quandry
This mornings must read article is via the NYT’s Gretchen Morgenson and Vikas Bajaj on Credit Default Swaps: MBIA Debt Is Setting...
Chuck Prince Discovers the Housing Slump
An amusing Bloomberg article details the difficulties that former Citigroup Inc. CEO Chuck’ Prince III is having selling hios...
Poole: Fed Has to Deter Inflation From Fueling Wages
Former Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President William Poole talks about monetary policy, the outlook for inflation and the housing...
WSJ’s Greg Ip Going to The Economist
A little birdie at the WSJ told me that Greg Ip, their longtime Federal Reserve reporter, is leaving the Journal for The Economist. His...
Fun With Wordle
Fun little Java applet that let’s you create a word cloud based on any text (including a blog post). I did 3: 1) Our earlier...
AP Fair Use & Blogging Link Policy
Someone beat me to it: "Here’s our new policy on A.P. stories: they don’t exist. We don’t see them, we don’t...