High Priest of Stats Is the Go-To Guy – WSJ.com. Yet the young are all the rage!? Some wisdom in this story. ======= … Mr. Silverblatt’s career has been made by winnowing huge amounts of data to produce such granular stock-market details. And over the years he has stuck to the methods that work. He uses a cellphone, though an ... Read more
Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor
February 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, US DebtProtests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor – WSJ.com. Coming to a state near you! I’m sure the fun is just beginning.
Wake up. We are in crisis. We must save our country – Noonan
February 17 | Posted by mrossol | EconomicsWhere the Leaders Are. Couldn’t help myself. Here’s the whole article. ========= There were two big speeches this week, and I mean big as in “Modern political history will remember this.” Together they signal something significant and promising. Oh, that’s a stuffy way to put it. I mean: The governors are rising and are starting to lead. What a relief.... Read more
The Cee Lo Green Budget
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Liberal Press, Obama, Party PoliticsReview & Outlook: The Cee Lo Green Budget – WSJ.com. The liberal press will never target this… ======== This was supposed to be the moment we were all waiting for. After three years of historic deficits that have added almost $4.5 trillion to the national debt, President Obama was finally going to get serious about fiscal discipline. … Hosni Mubarak... Read more
DB-NYSE: It’s even worse than we thought
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | EconomicsDB-NYSE: It’s even worse than we thought – MarketWatch. ” …The NYSE isn’t alone. A multitude of U.S. companies have miscalculated and lost muscle on the global stage: Anheuser-Busch and Lehman Brothers for two, and even Facebook has significant foreign ownership after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bungled its private fund-raising effort. But the NYSE stands out because its mythical status towers above... Read more