Margin Calls and Behavior Shift
Aaron Task mentions a fund manager who stated that Margin calls — which we have seen recently — are the end of the sell off....
A Bull Market in Real Estate Agents
We’re continuing with Real Estate Sunday. By way of Mike Panzner (New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle) we get this interesting...
Apartment Market Improvement?
I’ve been meaning to get to a WSJ article from earlier this week: Apartment market is showing early signs of improvement. I...
Funds Made “Math Mistakes” on Performance Fees
Here’s an article to infuriate you: Funds Made Math Mistakes on Fees. What sort of errors did that mistake cause: Investors...
Economics, and the Clash of Technology and Copyright
Berkeley professor Hal Varian notes in the NYT that MGM vs Grokster case is only "the latest installment of a longstanding battle...
Gaining and Declining Industries
Infectious Greed points to a fascinating data series compiled by InfoUSA. Their survey of highest percentage business growth or decline...
Tax day! (almost)
Just a warning: I filed online (earlier) at Complete Tax. If you use them, they have buried in the center of their very long...
BLS Non Farm Payroll Hedonics
Since weekly unemployment claims are out this morning, I thought we might revisit an odd permutation — call it an amusing hedonic...
Mystery of the Awful Economists (Part III)
Last week, we observed that the WSJ was also wondering about the Dismal set (The Mystery of the Awful Economists, part 2). The Journal...