What is it about derivatives that makes otherwise rational humans become so damned stupid? There is no need to over-complicate this; a...
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Good Evening: U.S. stocks continued their recent advance today, and the benchmark S&P 500 has now posted positive closes in eight of...
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Some eclectic items worth spending precious time with this afternoon: • 10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dotcom Boom and Bust (Wired)...
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Paul Krugman, last Friday: But that’s not how Republicans see it [unemployment benefits]. Here’s what Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the...
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I highlighted this morning the importance of China’s CPI figure tonight in light of the possibility of an interest rate hike at...
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~~~ Source: Carmen Reinhart: “Speculators Are Like Vultures,” But Don’t Blame Them for Greek Crisis Aaron Task Yahoo...
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Matt Trivisonno no stranger to these pages. He has set up a new site to do “Real-Time Tracking of the US Economy Using Withholding...
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For the past 42 years, Bob Bronson (BRONSON CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH) has applied a disciplined, analytical approach to understanding and...
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Jan inventories at the wholesale level unexpectedly fell by .2% vs a forecasted gain of .2% and Dec was revised lower by .2 of % pt to a...
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This is dead pan brilliance: Maritime Ship Construction and Environmental Concerns Back to work!
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