RIAA sues deceased non-PC owner
The RIAA is getting creative with their anti-P2P litigation. Now, they are suing an 83 year old grandmother who may not be able to attend...
Yaii! Yet Another Idiotic Indicator
That’s right folks, in case one idiotic, non-causally related, too small a statisitcal sampling indicator isn’t enough...
Misunderstanding Unemployment Data
A friend quite sarcastically writes: “its a disaster that only 94.8% of all people looking for a job in this country can find...
Lost Jobs Found: Elapsed Time, 46 Months
It is (apparently) Job Situation Weekend, as we continue to tear apart some of the data points from Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll...
Job Gains: How have Presidents fared?
Jobs-data-palooza continues, with an analysis of the jobs data for each Presidential term, by Global Insight (via WSJ). Note that most...
Employment Report: Let the Rationalizations Begin!
U.S. employers added 146,000 workers in January, less than expected, BLS reported. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 5.2...
Economists React to Jobs Data
You can have fun parsing a few of these answers . . . I have an idea, lets play a guessing game: Can you guess which economist is...
VOTE: Best Financial Industry/Investment Blog
Ok, voting seems to be working right now. However, if you voted before a few days ago, your vote may be lost. Try again — you...
VIX collapse
In an interesting turn, the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) broke thru 11 to the downside today. I believe that is a fresh 52...
Chart of the Week: Personal Expenditure Income Ratio versus...
Our latest chart comes courtesy of Michael Panzner, author of "The New Laws of the Stock Market Jungle" click for larger...