Bankers and Beavers
Bankers and Beavers Labor Day, September 6, 2009 Drive north on US Route 1 about 2 miles from Princeton, Maine and turn right on...
Short Week Ahead
U.S. Week Ahead: Outlook for Sept. 7 2009 After a three-day weekend, market news headlines likely will focus on health-care legislation,...
Keeping Us There
In a New York Times commentary, economist Alan S. Blinder questions why the impetus to clean up Wall Street has suddenly faded. After all...
Starbucks Now Playing
As I promised the missus I wouldn’t be tethered to the laptop via a mobile card, I have been hitting Starbucks each morning for...
WASHINGTON JOURNAL
If this sort of thing interests you . . . BARRY RITHOLTZ, AUTHOR, “BAILOUT NATION” Tuesday, September 1 2009 In...
Faltering Construction Loans = More Bad News for Banks
“On the commercial side, I think we are fairly early in the down cycle.” -Matthew Anderson, a partner in Foresight Analytics >...
Headline Source: Bloomberg or the Onion?
As noted earlier in comments, its hard to guess the true source of this headline: • U.S. Recovery That’s Leaving Workers Jobless...
Barrons: Does the Rally Have Legs?
The Smart Money is Preparing for a Market Downturn 9/3/2009 Professional investors are buying put options to hedge expected stock...
Franken Talks Down Angry Mob
Jeff writes: A while back, you and I had a disagreement in the comments section about how partisan Al Franken was. While I appreciate the...
Ferrari 458 Italia
Coming early 2010, the Ferrari 458 Italia will replace the F430 in the Ferrari line up. The two seat berlinetta is a mid-engine,...