from thestalwart we plan to liveblog tonights town hall debate cause we had such a fun time doing it last week. i wont hazard a guess on who will win the debate but i can predict wholl lose the audiencethe american people. nothing is more embarrassing than these undecideds asking earnest questions of the candidates. the naivety the populism the belief that their hopes and dreams somehow lie in ......
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free real estate articles wrote an interesting post today onheres a quick excerpt i noted that there were pricing oddities for google and amd on the last day of september. for amd it was reported that some large trades came right at the end of the day at a much higher price than the shares had trade at in awhile. shares of advanced micro devices inc. fell almost 10 wednesday after tuesdays close ......
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the stalwart submits one of the enduring moments from the 2000 republican primary was when in a debate bush was asked who is favorite political philosopher was. the question was directed at bush because of all the candidates he seemed the least likely to be comfortable on the question of political philosophy. his brilliant answer of course jesus christ. he took a lot of shots for that but it was a......
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the stalwart go france great catch from my stalwart coblogger the stock market of france has overtaken in size that of china. i wouldnt have guessed that at all even with the decline.......
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insert latest lehman rumor here.a the latest news is that is does not look good.a wsj.com nytimes.com what might a lehman brothers leh bankruptcy look likea dealbook why doesnt someone just start a new company and coax as many of lehmans employeesas you can to jump shipa the stalwart not enough regulation or the wrong kind of regulationa marginal revolution we should treat our financial system wit......
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que el precio de las compras diarias esta por las nubes no es nada nuevo pero sin que sirva de consuelo alguno hay materiales y objetos tan caros que es inimaginable el precio que llegan a tener. otra cosa es que valgan lo que cuestan pero en eso no entrara. he aqua algunos de los productos mas caros del universo al menos para los humanos puede que alguna civilizacian extraterrestre los considere ......
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write down this time and day and note that im calling a bottom in pakistans stock market. in other news pakistan has barred stocks from trading below yesterdays close. one more prediction this wont end well. via birthday boy joseph weisenthal.......
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david zetland has a great post in defense of bottled water. many people consider bottled water to be silly when compared with drinking water from the tap but zetland points out that a more apt comparison might be to drinking pop it is beyond question that we have a very serious obesity problem in the u.s. and we have accompanying health problems. i would love to see every one of those 12 oz soft d......
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another guest postthe folks over at valleywag are having fun with a craigslist posting for a hedge fund job. in addition to looking for someone with all the typical quant skills the ad asks applicants to do the following 1 prepare a cover letter. 2 flip a coin 50 times. record the results on your resume as a sequence of heads h or tails t symbols. 3 email your cover letter and resume to us......
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from another one of pauls guest bloggers for the next two weeks...there was a fair amount of of blogborne backand forth today over adam lashinksys piece in fortune on kleiner perkins and its pursuit of clean tech and other energy investments. ashkan karbasfrooshan offer a sharp take on the horrror that the legendary firm might miss out on the next twitter or yelp.excuse me but kleiner can invest i......
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joe weisenthal spots this surprising ipo dave busters holdings inc on friday filed to raise up to 170 million in an initial public offering. the owner of entertainment and dining venues said in a filing with the u.s. securities and exchange commission that jpmorgan and jefferies co will underwrite the ipo. the company did not indicate how many shares they plan to sell or the expected price of......
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i cant even host a blog on yahoo carl ichan newsgroper internal memo leaks then vs. now 2006 vs. 2008 the stalwart callaway 12 i want to be maria bartiromo var config new array configvideoid 1615249342 configplayertag tscm embedded video player configautostart false configprel oadbackcol or ffffff configuseo verlaymenu false configwidth 265 configheight 255 configplayerid 1243645856 ......
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newsbusters.org exposing liberal media bias added an interesting post today on blogs on this weekends moviesheres a small reading data mining blogger matthew hurst offers up a chart showing blogospheric reactions to three films iron man narnia and indiana jones 4. you can see whats going on. the orangishyellow line narnia just never broke out the way the others did. what does it mean for holl......
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updated theres a mess of inline updates to this story provided by one manny ramon in the comments. mr. ramon says he was seocolumbus on twitter though that account now looks to have been deleted and that he provided seo expertise and tips to a friend that worked on dsw.com but otherwise has no connection to dsw. there are a lot of strange coincidences here though mr. ramon says its just a case of ......
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r.i.p. the bond bull market. marketbeat are the transports flashing a false signal wsj.com is the tips spread an unbiased indicator of expected inflation market movers libor uncertainty and the drop in open interest in eurodollar futures. naked capitalism also econlog why have yields on u.s. and canadian preferred shares stayed stubbornly high when central banks have been slashing interest rat......
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can we still rely on the credit rating agencies nytimes.com has the maximum point of stress in the capital markets passed capital spectator basisrisk volatility in the agricultural commodities is becoming even more problematic. market movers everything is pegged to libor. ft alphaville a company badly in need of some adult supervision. dealbreake r.com take me out to the ball game take me out ......
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david einhorn american financial markets have a very low pain threshold. nakedshorts theres no guarantee that the capital will be there for the next round of infusions. wsj.com also breakingvi ewswsj.com market movers equity fire sales continue apace. aleph blog financial armageddon now china is trying to prop up its stock market. ft alphaville emerging market bond funds have held up well durin......
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periodically i like to roundup some of my favorite recent blog posts that are housing marketcrediteconomy related. theres a lot of passion and great commentary out there you just have to light a fire to find it sorry. of course i throw in random stuff as well. the 2008 housingpanic award nominees first draft housing panic how fannie and freddie are making remortgages costprohibitive the mort......
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we tried to edit it down but for whatever reason todays linkfest is longer than usual. we hope you enjoy the entire thing. distressed asset investors are stepping up to the leveraged loan plate. wsj.com nytimes.com do not expect a big lbo for at least a year. naked capitalism apollo management lp will pursue distressed assets and an ipo. wsj.com dealbook arent hedge funds supposed to benefit ......
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barry ritholtz touched off a firestorm in his comments last night with a post wondering aloud whether he should continue to syndicate his content via the site seekingalpha a the blog finance portal. the tone of his post suggested that original post by joseph weisenthal......
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given the structure of the trend in the treasury market it does look as if the prices have peaked and interest rates have bottomed. barrons.com is there a pending collateral shortage alea how close are we to having central banks buy impaired securities outright ft alphaville how private equity firms are getting around change of control provisions. deal journal a tough start to a targeted targe......
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the stalwart submits the sharpasatack politico is my goto for politics these days but a recent article entitled mccain guru linked to subprime crisis really misses the mark. the guru is extexas senator phill gramm a doctor of economics that advises mccain on econ issues.complete story......
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due to exigent circumstances we will not produce a traditional linkfest today. in the meantime check out some posts from some of our favorite blogs. a number of interesting posts. just click around. the stalwart a sneak preview of the weekly linkfest. infectious greed the secret formula for blogs. big picture links. naked capitalism more links. economists view in the meantime check out what o......
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the stalwart submits did anyone else notice the funds suing to block the bear stearns bscjpm jpm deal are the same ones suing yahoo yhoo for rejecting microsofts msft bid.complete story......
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the econoblogosphere pardon the capitalization just keeps on growing. after a series of posts on the economics of the economics blogosphere we have added a new category where one can access our posts on the topic. further there are a number of interesting items up on the changing nature of this space. first a shout out to john carney and the crew at dealbreaker.com which garnered a must read in ......
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