An anonymous friend poses the following question regarding the official CPI/inflation stats: Question: What do you think official,...
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The New York Times had an article today about a pet peeve of ours: The continued rise of DVDs (and the negative impact on CD sales):...
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Here’s the latest wrap up in the CD / DVD wars: Best Buy continues their 2 for $20 DVD sale on select titles. The list includes...
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Back in the bad old days of 2001/2002, earnings seasons was a source of endless angst and despair. Analysts had been excessively...
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Notice how over the past half century the lead time this indicator has given prior to a recession and related market sell offs. Leading...
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What do y aknow — turns out I’m a Secular Centrist: Secular centrists like you tend to be: Strongly supportive of gay rights....
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A hedge fund manager friend pointed me to this post from Mark Cuban’s blog. Its his forward to the book “The Number,”...
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U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly dropped in a mid-April reading, suggesting that concerns about the war in Iraq have been outweighing...
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Bill Gross answers the question: “Just how overvalued are U.S. Treasuries?” “Put the proper upside or downside of this...
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Jim Picerno has a good post on inflation over at The Capital Spectator (MONEY, OIL, ECONOMICS & THE SEARCH FOR THE BOTTOM LINE):...
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