Sticking with the Under Yet Again on NFP
By now, you know the drill: The Consensus for Non Farm Payrolls data for November is 225,000, with a range from 180,000 ...
New Column up at Real Money (12/01/05): Home Sales Data: Lots...
An expanded version of yesterday’s commentary is up on Real Money, titled Home Sales Data: Lots of Huffing and Puffing. You will no...
Why I’m Bullish on Retail Sales
Someone asked me how I can believe Holiday sales increases can be in the 3 to 4% range when I don’t buy the NRF data. The answer is...
WSJ: Holiday Sales Numbers Don’t Add Up
The WSJ agrees that one cannot determine actual sales from a sentiment report: Here’s how the NRF’s polling company,...
New Home Sales Data: Don’t rely On It Either
Here we go again: Yesterday’s New Home Sales data of plus 13% month over month was . . . how shall I politely phrase this . . ....
The “greatest irony” is that he is called the Maestro
PIMCO’s Paul McCulley lays out a surprisingly stark bitchslapping smackdown on Easy Al Greenspan. First, he quotes the Maestro:...
Bloomberg TV (7:05 AM, 11/30/05)
>A quick heads up: If you are in front of a TV set while you are getting dressed or over breakfast on Wednesday morning,...
Napster versus Apple
Absolutely brilliant television commercial for Napster, out of the UK(why don’t we have TV adverts like this in the USA?) click for...
Grateful Dead Bans Sharing, Commits Musical Suicide
A Tuesday Tunes post: How astonishing is this: A band that built its entire reputation and fan base on freely recorded and shared...
How Media Can Connect with Their Customers, according to U2
There was a terrific article in Monday’s NYT (Media Age Business Tips From U2) on U2 the corporation, and the lessons the band...