…the EA amounts to 24% of GDP – the bund market (the German sovereign bond market) would enjoy an increase in safe haven status relative to other European economies. The…

…haven’t cracked the job market, I have to say, something about the job market seems very wrong to me. I keep hearing that companies are having a hard time finding…

by Mike Kimel On the Job Market Recently, my employer went through a merger. As part of the process, my position disappeared. I turned down a different position that was…

Lifted from NPR Weekend Edition: The Super Bowl Stock Market Predictor holds that if a team from the old NFL wins, the market will rise in that year; if a…

Rdan Martin Ford continues his thoughts on: The Mythology of the Future Job Market Angry Bear recently picked up an article by Michael Lind at Salon on the jobs of…

…out of thin air and nobody gets hurt. Fixing prices at less than market rates will continue under any public option. What prices qualify as less than market rates? As…

…assume that, since the housing bubble burst, I believe that my house has fallen in value by too much. I would understand a 20% decline, but the “market price” that…

The market bounced back today to almost where it was on Wednesday. But if you look at how the various sectors did the market is not only discounting that the…

…interested in accounting standards. A wide variety of politicians have decided that the problem with the US financial system is Mark to Market Accounting. It is tempting to argue that…

News like this makes me shake my head in bewilderment. Or maybe not… maybe it just confirms my presumption that market participants are not always particularly rational. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)…