On Speculators
My friend Rob Fraim on Speculators: You know, we don’t mind it when speculators drive up the price of our stock portfolios. And...
A Perfect Recession Indicator
The NYT’s Floyd Norris notes that the 12-month change in private sector jobs is down 125,000 jobs from may 2007 to May 2008. Since...
Follow Analysts at Your Own Financial Risk
One of our major themes around here is that investors need to learn to think for themselves. That may be obvious, but...
Barron’s Asks: Bear Market Rally?
In Barron’s The Trader column, Kopin Tan asks: "Is the Stock Market’s recent resurgence just an ephemeral, bear-market...
More on May 2008 Employment
As a follow up to our NFP extravaganza yesterday, here are a few additional items you may find informative: Yesterday, we noted the big...
Friday Evening Jazz: Mocean Worker
This morning on the train, a boatload of tourists, screaming kids in tow, filled the seats near me. This always raises a challenging...
Where Your Rebate Check Goes
Our Friday afternoon digression comes via Mark Faber’s Doom, Gloom & Boom report, this has to be the funniest thing I’ve...