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5 Feb

Tower readies Bankruptcy filing

by Barry Ritholtz
Another retailer bites the dust: In a widely anticipated move, Tower Records is said to be on the verge of filing for bankruptcy today....

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5 Feb

Uh oh: Forbes Cover Screams “Tech is Back!”

by Barry Ritholtz
Uh oh: a breathless business magazine cover, extolling the virtues of technology stocks, after a 57% rise? This is “Not a good...

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4 Feb

Pfizer edges out Microsoft for #2

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s a little tidbit worth noting: Pfizer (PFE) made a new 52 week high today, touching $38.45. Meanwhile, Microsoft (MSFT) slid...

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4 Feb

Americans Think Downloading Music is OK

by Barry Ritholtz
While the big news on the music front last week was the Gabriel/Eno announcement, their celebrity may have overshadowed two other...

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3 Feb

Doug Cliggot on the Market, Then and Now

by Barry Ritholtz
Finally watched the TiVo’d Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street from a few weeks ago with former J.P. Morgan Equity Strategist Doug...

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3 Feb

Contrary Indicator: The Donald!

by Barry Ritholtz
Dorsey Wright Associates has an interesting observation regarding the magazine indicator and the Donald: “Donald Trump may well be...

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3 Feb

Parsed Words & Tortured Data

by Barry Ritholtz
Last week revealed two of the sillier aspects of Wall Street’s expectations game: the obsession with parsing words and torturing data....

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2 Feb

Chart of the Week: Money Supply

by Barry Ritholtz
Money Supply has been one of the components of the massive stimulus this market has enjoyed. We see that since peaking in the 3rd Q 2003,...

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2 Feb

Contrary Indicators

by Barry Ritholtz
Do a Google search for contrary indicators; We’re the top 4 results of about 301,000 hits. Incredible!

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2 Feb

4th Q GDP: Strong & Disappointing

by Barry Ritholtz
click for full size chart Source: NYT A perfect example of why expectations matter, and what happens when they get ahead of themselves....

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