The Media and the Public
If you take note of the growing evidence that the partisan media can influence public opinion rather than simply reflect it, then this new book by Mike Berry (full title…
Squawk: A Euro Breakout Against The Dollar: Or False Alarm? by…
A Euro Breakout Against The Dollar: Or False Alarm? by Stephen Pope EURUSD recouped broken support on Friday There is every prospect that has placed a small upside back in…
Rhodes College horse racing lessons and handicapping.
Lesson 1 - Lessons from horse race gambling.Lesson 2 - Handicapping
Congressional Representative Ilhan Omar, A Semite
My new Congressional Representative likes to use Facebook to inform her constituents of what she is doing in the House. I do engage in Facebook and probably shouldn’t do so.…
The economic cost of the Brexit decision that Leaver voters do not get to see
Those promoting Brexit are fond of saying that it’s not about economics. Gary Younge in the Guardian tellsus that there is nothing wrong with poorer people voting to be worse…
The Balance: Short Selling Stocks- Not for the Faint Hearted
Photo Credit: Heather Wizell || Ah, Wallstrip with Lindsay Campbell (look at the microphone…)===========================================Here’s another article that I edited at The Balance: Short Selling Stocks- Not for the Faint Hearted. The…
Whack ’em and stack ’em.
SOURCE: Funny Economist – Randall Parker’s Completely Serious Macroeconomics Blog – Read entire story here.
Squawk: Stock indices remain vulnerable to corrective losses Global share markets…
Stock indices remain vulnerable to corrective losses Global share markets suffered significant corrective losses from the middle of the last week although these setbacks are currently viewed as...
Squawk: Equities stay firm into US Employment report A positive “risk…
Equities stay firm into US Employment report A positive “risk on” tone across global equity markets this week has been reinforced by US equity averages again moving to new 2019…
I actually disagree with Paul Krugman for once
This is an exiting day. I disagree with something Paul Krugman wrote. In 2017, private insurance paid about a third of America’s medical bills — $1.2 trillion, or 6 percent…
December JOLTS report: mixed but with strong positive revisions
December JOLTS report: mixed but with strong positive revisions The JOLTS report on labor is noteworthy and helpful because it breaks down the jobs market into a more granular look…
Stocks or Bonds?
I was writing to potential clients when I realized that I don’t have so much to write about my bond track record as I do my track record with stocks.…
The big picture
I have wasted far too much of my time killing zombies. This is what Paul Krugman calls ideas or alleged facts that, despite being shown to be wrong countless times,…
Deadlines and deadbeats and the US dollar is bid
The US dollar has strengthened against 8 out the 10 G-10 currencies as the first half of the year winds down.
Double bubble trouble in China
The deleveraging of the Chinese economy has always seemed likely to be a long and troublesome saga, lasting many years or even decades if it is to prove successful. The…
Welcome home Herbert Stein…..
Ok all you students of history out there, wake up and watch Greece. There is a Great Depression in action happening before your eyes in real time. It will not…
Which Countries Work Hardest? You Might (Not) Be Surprised
Imagine you had to choose, and could choose: you can spend your whole life and raise your family in either of two equally prosperous countries. In one country people work lots of hours to…
Puerto Rico's finances: Another fine debt crisis
UK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Puerto Rico's finances Rubric: Startling parallels between Greece and an American outpost in the Caribbean Byline: D.R. Location: NEW YORK Main image: 20150704_blp907.jpg…
How can Labour say it didn’t crash the economy
If my memory serves me correctly, one of the rounds of applause received in the UK election debate on Thursday was when Clegg said that Miliband should have apologised for…
Two Warning Signs
Photo Credit: Kevin TrotmanBefore I write this evening, I have updated the blog’s theme so that it is more readable on mobile devices. I’ve tried to preserve most of the…