Archive for November, 2008

  • RIP: Tanta
    , November 30th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    This is just awful news. Doris Dungey, aka Tanta of Calculated Risk, died this morning. I’m absolutely speechless. This is from the New York Times: [...]

  • Krugman on What to Do
    , November 30th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    Paul Krugman favors lots more spending: What the world needs right now is a rescue operation. The global credit system is in a state of [...]

  • Rescue Plan Strained by Lack of Staff
    , November 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    If you’re looking for a job, there’s one government agency that’s desperately short of people: President-elect Barack Obama has made his most important Treasury Department [...]

  • Almanac Day
    , November 28th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    For reasons I may never know, I’m an extreme dataphile. I love numbers. Even better, numbers in charts! Or numbers in tables!! Historical data. Stock [...]

  • Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose
    , November 27th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    Six days ago, The New York Times ran an article looking at the victims of lower prices for crops. Here’s a sample: Now, with the [...]

  • Happy Thanksgiving
    , November 27th, 2008 at 11:25 am

  • 15 Stocks to Short
    , November 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Tim Sykes, my favorite short-selling blogger, has 15 names that he calls potential shorts: RDNT is also nearly a double off its lows CSUN reported [...]

  • Donaldson's First-Quarter Earnings
    , November 26th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    If you’re read this site for awhile, you know that I’m a big fan of Donaldson (DCI), the filtration company. The company has delivered record [...]

  • Donaldson’s First-Quarter Earnings
    , November 26th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    If you’re read this site for awhile, you know that I’m a big fan of Donaldson (DCI), the filtration company. The company has delivered record [...]

  • More on TIP Yields
    , November 26th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Arnold Kling comments on the high short-term TIP yields: The overall return on a seasoned TIP consists of three things. First, there is the coupon [...]

  • Introducing the Free Lakota Bank
    , November 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    From their website: The Free Lakota Bank is the world’s first non-reserve, non-fractional bank that issues, accepts for deposit, and circulates REAL money…silver and gold. [...]

  • Glad That's All Cleared Up
    , November 25th, 2008 at 9:41 am

  • Glad That’s All Cleared Up
    , November 25th, 2008 at 9:41 am

  • Goldman's Forecast
    , November 24th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Reuters reports: Citigroup cut its 2008 target for the index to 850 points from 1,200 points. The 2009 target was cut to 1,000 points from [...]

  • Goldman’s Forecast
    , November 24th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    Reuters reports: Citigroup cut its 2008 target for the index to 850 points from 1,200 points. The 2009 target was cut to 1,000 points from [...]

  • High Yield Rates Soar
    , November 24th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    With T-Bills yielding less than 1 bip, look at the Vanguard High-Yield Corporate (VWEHX):

  • Google: A Value Stock
    , November 24th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Anyone notice that Google (GOOG) is going for 11.3 times next year’s earnings?

  • Assorted Links
    , November 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Here are a few good links I want to pass along. The New Yorker does 12,000 on the bearded one. The Wall Street Journal looks [...]

  • Time Magazine: February 15, 1999
    , November 24th, 2008 at 1:56 am

    Rubin, Greenspan and Summers. Diminished reputations all.

  • Citigroup, Feds Reach Deal
    , November 24th, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Well, the deal is done. Citigroup reached a deal with the Feds whereby the government will backstop $306 billion of its crappy assets. Note that [...]