Oldvet– very good on the long run bond market. Here is another chart to put that trend in perspective. I suspect that to get back to the solid trend line…

New England Journal of Medicine reports the following about transparency in the market: On September 6, 2007, Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA), the ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and…

…– as if the market for my stock was precisely the same as the market for “comparable” stocks. Of course, one could always claim that the market for ground beef…

…us that the state of the job market is not that good and only one – the unemployment rate – reading green.”In particular, even the most favorable measures show that…

The latest addition to the “Topics” archive in the left panel is a collection of our posts on the housing market and the possibility (likelihood?) that we’re currently in a…

…data is that I’m becoming more convinced that there is a growing sense in financial markets (at least the bond market) that economic growth is slowing, perhaps both in the…

…and on China. Possible effects on the US: The effects on the US’s financial markets would be immediate, though possibly only short-term. The US stock market would tumble. I would…

Stock Market Predicts Kerry Win! Sort of. The sample sizes on things like this are necessarily small, equalling at most the number of presidents. And each election is unique. Still,…

…to believe that long term earnings growth had moved to a permanently higher level and that justified the higher valuation. Now, I wonder if the market, in its wisdom is…

…disconnect between economic reality and market valuation. More likely, it’s a warped market distorted by the extraordinary measures used to create an economic lift.” Warped defines the market very well….