Archive for September, 2007

  • West Side Story at 50
    , September 28th, 2007 at 7:36 pm

    West Side Story opened 50 years ago this week.

  • Bed Bath & Beyond’s Earnings
    , September 28th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

    I didn’t have a chance to write about this before but Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) earned 55 cents a share for its fiscal second [...]

  • Stocks and Bonds Unite
    , September 28th, 2007 at 10:29 am

    Here’s an unusual recent development. From July 3 to September 19, the stock and bond markets moved in opposite directions 80% of the time (I’m [...]

  • Paul Kedrosky on Wall Strip
    , September 28th, 2007 at 9:23 am

    Paul Kedrosky runs Infectious Greed, one of my favorite blogs. Here he is on Wall Strip.

  • How to Make a lot of Money in Five Easy Steps
    , September 27th, 2007 at 7:04 am

    Step #1: Sell everything you own. Sell it all. Stocks, bonds, real estate. eBay your couch, you dog. Everything. Step #2: Then convert it all [...]

  • Integrity Boosts Returns
    , September 26th, 2007 at 10:28 am

    Hmmm. People know that integrity will help them in the business world. It can also boost their investment results. That’s the finding of a recent [...]

  • Biomet Trades No More
    , September 26th, 2007 at 9:58 am

    Biomet was taken off the market yesterday for $46 a share. Here’s a look at the stock’s amazing run. In 23 years, the stock went [...]

  • The Dow By Each Day of the Week
    , September 26th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Here’s how the Dow Industrials have performed by each day of the week going back to 1896. Note that the lines aren’t exactly lined up [...]

  • Wall Strip on United Industrial
    , September 26th, 2007 at 9:07 am

  • Smithtown Bancorp (SMTB)
    , September 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

    Here’s a small one. Check out these numbers for Smithtown Bancorp (SMTB). Date EPS 1997 0.29 1998 0.31 1999 0.4 2000 0.47 2001 0.59 2002 [...]

  • The Implied Electability Contract
    , September 25th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    One of the things I find fascinating about finance is how you can use markets for two items to create an “implied market” for a [...]

  • Shiller’s Real Track Record
    , September 25th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    At Deal Breaker, Bess Levin highlights Alan Greenspan’s predictive abilities. In the linked NY Post article, I was left speechless by Terry Keenan’s touting of [...]

  • FactSet Follow-Up
    , September 25th, 2007 at 9:40 am

    About a month ago, I highlighted FactSet Research Systems (FDS) as a stock worth watching. The stock is up 13% since then. I wanted to [...]

  • Earnings Preview: Bed Bath & Beyond
    , September 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pm

    From the AP: Home accessories retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. reports earnings for the fiscal second quarter on Wednesday. The following is a summary [...]

  • The Presidential Election Cycle
    , September 24th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    Out of boredom, this weekend I looked at all the Dow daily closings for the last 111 years (about 28,000 points of data) for a [...]

  • Looking at Long-Term Credit Spreads
    , September 24th, 2007 at 10:06 am

    If you’re confused by the credit crunch that happened last summer, here’s a good graph showing you some of the details. This chart shows the [...]

  • Playmate of the Year Talks Investing
    , September 24th, 2007 at 8:45 am

  • A Lesson on Data Mining
    , September 24th, 2007 at 8:42 am

    Here’s a cute stat I saw over at Motley Fool. Cal Tech professor David Leinweber crunched the numbers and found that the singe-best predictor of [...]

  • Beware the Emerging Hegemonic Canadian Superpower
    , September 21st, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    For the first time in three decades, the loonie reaches parity.

  • Civics Quiz
    , September 21st, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    I pride myself on being a civics geek. I got 58 out of 60 on this quiz. (I missed #36 and #58.) How did you [...]