Bushwhacked on the Economy
There were two rather interesting points worth repeating in Barron’s Up and Down Wall Street column this morning. The first will be...
Minyanville DataWatch: How Are We Invested?
too funny: http://www.minyanville.com/articles/index.php?a=11439
BLS Margin of Error
Sy Harding, author of Riding the Bear, writes: “In the fine print of the employment report each month, under a section titled...
Near a Bottom in Housing?
One of the reasons I have been so skeptical about the staying power of the most recent rally has been the disconnect between stock prices...
Blog Spotlight: Economist’s View
For the next edition of our series, Blog Spotlight, we travel West to Mark Thoma at the University of Oregon for his Economist’s...
Judging Rummy
I am utterly perplexed why this happened NOW instead of 2 months ago — at least from a political perspective. The WSJ polled...
US Treasury Dept Usurping Fed, Fueling Markets
Whenever we discuss some of the darker theories of a conspiracy or market manipulation, I seek to discover a market mechanism that can...
Blogger’s Take: The US Elections
This is the fifth edition of our new feature: Blogger’s Take. The US Elections are the talk of the globe. A huge victory in the...
1927-1933 Chart of Pompous Prognosticators
1927-1933 Chart of Pompous Prognosticators Chart locations are an approximate indication only 1. “We will not have any more crashes...