Black Friday
One of the things that any student of psychology can tell you is that what we intend to do and what we actually do are often miles apart....
Happy Thanksgiving!
A few Thanksgiving factoids: –Thankgiving Myth: Turkey Makes You Sleepy – Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day...
Happy Turkey Day!
Think you know what a typical Turkey Day meal looks like? Well, look closer. No — much closer. Wired asked Mike Davidson, a biologist...
Thanksgiving Inflation: 11%
"A Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner with side dishes and dessert will be 11% more expensive this year, the biggest annual increase...
SPX: Flat for the Year
Congratulations! Your investment returns Year-to-date are = 0.00% Be sure to thank your friendly "Fed-Model-says-stocks-are-cheap /...
Today’s WTF Headline: Festive Consumers
This one sent coffee out my nose: Consumers in a Festive Mood as the Holiday Season ApproachesConference Board, Nov. 20,...
Breaking the Business Week Cover Curse?
It’s A Low, Low, Low, Low-Rate World. No, really — it is. The yield on the 10 Year was under 4% this morning — briefly...
David Einhorn on Credit Agencies
Apropos of our last post, a dozen of you (1st in: Scott Frew of Rockingham Partners) directed our attention to David Einhorn’s...
The Abysmal Track Records of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P
> “How could the credit-rating agencies be so wrong consistently? [They were] wrong on Mexico, wrong on Asia, wrong on Enron, wrong...
Quote of the Day: Dick Green
I had to do a double take on this one: "A recent survey of top Wall Street economists by The Wall Street Journal revealed...