It’s over, officially.  The NBER has named and dated the trough… CAMBRIDGE September 20, 2010 – The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research met yesterday by conference call. At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009. The trough…

Economists weigh in on extending the Bush Tax Cuts.

The smartest set of links you’ll read all morning.

We all have it bad, but it really sucks for the 20 somethings. They simply cannot grow up without jobs.

A bombshell new survey from the Infogroup/ORC concerning what Americans believe about financial advisors and stockbrokers has the potential to turn the entire industry on its head. We’re not talking semantics here, we’re talking about a fundamental confusion that afflicts more than 2/3rds of the investors in this country.

Cornering the silver market, the troubles at Citadel, The Fly is getting short, Republicans and Democrats, Google as value play and Myths about gold. And more, much more.

The New Pornographers have a great video for Your Hands (Together)

Greenspan is seeing the yellow light.

Banker or reptile?

Fear of missing out is exactly why a stealth rally in stocks with low participation would be more meaningful and bullish than almost any other scenario. What could possibly draw hundreds of billions out of money markets faster than a 5% S&P rally that no one was a part of?