Author: Andrew Horowitz

Big Boys Slashing Big Bets, Breaking Buying Bonanza

Timing is everything. Just as the word “transitory” is brought back for daily use in all economic circles, President Obama points the finger of shame directly at commodity speculators. On cue, Goldman Sachs backs up the call by swinging hard toward the bearish camp on commodities.

Then just for fun, Treasury...

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TDI Podcast 212: Andrew Ross Sorkin and Post QE Outlook

Guest: Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times is here to discuss his book, Too Big To Fail and the upcoming HBO movie based on it. The HBO special will air starting May 21st. Check it out HERE. In this episode, we also spend some time on a few new APPS...

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Sunday Fun: “Please Help The Rich” Mega-Fund

Someone has to pay. Why not chip in and give what we can in order to save the world. Think of it as a green charity. We all need banks, soon they could be extinct and that would mean more job losses. Help anyway you can… it is tax deductible…

OK,...

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Links and Reading for May 14th

Some of the more interesting and important items for May 14th :

Fund My Mutual Fund: NYT: Jim Cramer Hits an All Time High – If you are interested in the wild man from infotainment financial TV, the New York Times has a quite in depth expose here on Jim Cramer....

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The Misery Index – Not So Bad….Considering…

According to Miseryindex.us:

The misery index was initiated by economist Arthur Okun, an adviser to President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960’s. It is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and...

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