Jobs Data Round Up
For those of you who may not have been paying attention Friday, we had another below consensus Jobs number. Drilling beneath the...
Barron’s picks up Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears
> Yesterday’s comments, Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears, was picked up by Barron’s. I have to admit that I like...
Debate on Downloading
My friend Cody Willard is a hedge fund manager, focused on telecom and technology. He and I had an interesting public debate yesterday,...
VOTE: Best Financial Industry/Investment Blog
After a few glitches, Voting seems to be working fine now, and the race is neck and neck. The top 2 vote getters are within a percentage...
Unemployment Rate: Worse than it Appears
Sigh . . . Another month, another below-consensus Non-Farm Payroll number. Despite that disappointment, some took solace in the lower...
Chart of the Week: 10 Best Performing Dow Sectors
Despite the poor market performance in January, some sectors managed to buck the trend: With the SPX down 2.5%, the Dow sectors...
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...