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“The Securities and Exchange Commission should be very interested in any financial company that secretly decides a financial product is a loser and then goes out and actively markets that product...
I have not crunched the numbers of Barron’s Big Money Poll — but I am curious if it operates as a reliable contrary indicator.
I would need to look at 30 years or so of the data to draw any...
Calculated Risk posted this interesting chart showing the difference between the degree of pressure on Existing vs New Homes.
It raises an interesting quandry: On the one hand, new home sales...
With Halloween upon us, we are about to enter the prime US Holiday shopping season. So far, advertising has been subdued. Even without big inventory, we are likely to see significant discounting...
I meant to get to this last week, but the day it came out, I was mostly drunk (my bday), and I somehow missed it:
“Despite some tentative signs of recovery, the U.S. housing market remains...
I’m a longtime fanboy of Google, an early beta tester of their search product, and one of the few on Wall Street who was allowed to speak about their IPO, as my firm was not an underwriter (I said it was “well worth buying at the IPO price”).
Color me...
Fascinating visualization of unemployment in the United States as it progresses over time, from January 2007 to Present.
The animation is monthly by counties:
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Hat tip Paul!
“Our conclusion is that if small firms aren’t captured well in the advance GDP data, the economy may be growing less quickly than suggested by the recent official data.”
-Jan Hatzius, Goldman Sachs economist
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This certainly comes as no surprise to...
Whenever I travel, I like to do a full economic assessment of the locale, a post-trip post-mortem. Oftentimes, it is not worth writing up, but Berlin was fascinating enough to jot some thoughts down.
Quite a few things were memorable from this trip....
November 20, 2009
By John Mauldin
Where the Wild Things Are
It Is Not Just Japan
The Euro-Yen Cross and the Dollar Carry Trade
New York, London, and Switzerland
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the...
A good blog for the big picture.
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Great job though!
A great combination of humorous picutres, political satire, and business news. Also mixed in is a little bit of technical analysis and market forecasts. A good read!
