Are our artificially low interest rates fueling bubbles elsewhere?
Joshua M Brown
Michael Shedlock Talks Jobs with Aaron Task
Here’s a quickie from Tech Ticker that presents a very sobering view on how persistent a 10% plus unemployment rate could be according to Michael “Mish” Shedlock… Source: Mish: Nov Jobs Report Looked Fabricated (Yahoo)
Hot Links: Stuntmen
Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Sorkin: Desire to pay back TARP is all about compensation. (DealBook) Carl Icahn to Goldman Sachs: “I’ll see you in court.” (Forbes) 103 people killed in a Baghdad bomb blast yesterday. (NYP) China executes a rogue securities trader. Pay attention out there in Hedgistan. (Clusterstock) Jeremy Glaser: 6 stocks to…
The New Decembrists: Ground Zero for the Financial Reform Discussion
My pal The Epicurean Dealmaker has launched a new site that aims to give us all a voice in the debate about what form the coming regulatory overhaul takes. The financial crisis infiltrated every facet of American life so we all have something at stake here.
Bespoke's 2009 Commodity Scoreboard
The boys over at Bespoke Investment Group (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) just put up a look at how 10 major commodities have done so far in 2009. Copper For The Win! Sources: Commodity Snapshot (BIG)
Interview With Elliot Q. Wave, Technical Analyst Extraordinaire
I’ve spent the greater part of 11 months ripping sell-side fundamental analysts to shreds on this site for their slavish dependence on discounted cash flow analysis. Today, I thought I thought it would be nice to visit with my old friend Elliot Wave, technical analyst extraordinaire, to ask some basic questions about how he sees…
The Rally Apologista's Handbook
I hear and read the same scary statistics every day just like everyone else. But the quote screen doesn’t lie. So I apologize for staying in the game and these are my excuses.
Hot Links: Tiger's 99 Problems
from We Love Data Vis Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… The gold correction that began last week seems to be continuing. (MarketBeat) Credit Suisse joins Morgan Stanley in predicting a sucky 2010 for stocks. (PragCap) An epic list of big commercial real estate projects that look to be the “next shoes to drop”. (ZeroHedge) Treasury…
Hot Links: The Pot and the Kettle
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Santa Claus Rally: Preparing My Dumpster-Diving Stock List
This post will be 99% anecdotal, 1% empirical, because I haven’t the time or energy to go dig up supporting data for what we all know: Most years, the market rips higher during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve and this one week run is commonly referred to as The Santa Claus Rally….
