States Embarrassing the Feds, part IV
After years (if not decades) of failing to discharge their duties with diligence or honor, we have now reached the point where the SEC is...
Potential Buying Panic?
An interesting view from the professional *OPM class: Many professional investors have thought that the market might have the usual fall...
A New Leaf
A New Leaf: Welcome back to the red and green seas. We trust you had a relaxing summer. While you were away, quite a few things have...
Optimism . . .
An old joke thats totally apropos: I once asked a friend on Wall Street about the market. “I’m optimistic,” he said....
Gasoline Prices
A few factual tidbits re: rising gas prices; (labor day weekend often marks the peak in gasoline prices for the year). Its a subject I...
States Embarrassing the Feds, part III
The very able Jesse Eisinger of the WSJ this morning observes that the Feds have nobody to blame but themselves for Oklahoma stepping...
States Embarrassing the Feds, part II
Houston Chronicle shut out of 2 more hearings By MARY FLOOD Fastow transcript still denied release, A federal judge held two more closed...
Why the States are embarrassing the Feds
First, the handwringing. Solemn, serious soliloquies. Then comes angst: “This will interfere with our methodical case building...
Car Sales Slow Despite Spending on Incentives
The NYT reports that “Car Sales Slow Despite Spending on Incentives” DETROIT, Aug. 26 — In another sign of how competitive...
August Market Reversals
Dorsey Wright credits Peter Eliades of Stock Market Cycles in compiling an overview of August Market turns: While most people view the...