New Column up at Real Money (07/15/05)
My latest Real Money column, "The Fundamentals Stink: Buy Stocks" is posted. It is loosely based on yesterday’s...
A word about “Tipping Points”
A word about tipping points: As much as I want to avoid using cliches, "tipping point," is such an economical phrase, I ask you...
The Oil Uproar That Isn’t
I’ve been meaning to point to NYT article — and an even better chart — from earlier this week: "For Americans, oil...
The Fly in the Martini
This week’s snark comes to us directly via Barron’s Alan Abelson, who is less than enthused about the recently released...
Media Appearance: Kudlow & Company (07/15/05)
A quick heads up: I will be on Kudlow & Company tonite at 5pm. Its for 2 segments, and the topics will include the Economy,...
Data Point Versus Data Series
Its important to recall that economic data – indeed, any data series – is not a snapshot, but a moving picture. And even moving...
Apprenticed Investor: Nothing Doing
The latest "Apprenticed Investor" column is up, and its titled (apropos of nothing in particular) Nothing Doing. In it, we look...
FreakEconomics of Smoking
I have not yet read the widely applauded Freakonomics, but its in my queu. Here’s a decidely non-Freakonomics look at smoking....
Personal Income Quality Improving?
EPI noted in a June research piece — reported Monday in the WSJ — that "job quality has begun to recover:"...
London back to normal ?
New Economist has an interesting post about London returning to normal — by Friday: The most remarkable thing about London today is...