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    Sunday, January 13, 2008 Cool Tool: Option Pain Calculator (3 clicks)
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January 13, 2008 at 8:33 am ET Interesting webtool for visualization of option strike prices: via Option Pain ... (more) Saturday, January 12, 2008 Another Foreclosure Denied (7 clicks)
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January 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm ET Here's another example of a court refusing to roll over for an attempted Foreclosure b y a bank, that may -- or may not -- actually be the lien holder to the property: ... (more) Consumer Debt & Spending (1 click)
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January 12, 2008 at 9:46 am ET First, have a look at this chart: > > Floyd Norris notes the significance of this trend: "AMERICAN credit card debt is growing at the fastest rate in years, a fact that may signal coming ... (more) Friday, January 11, 2008 From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 11, 2008 at 4:47 pm ET Here's an interesting name for Friday Night Jazz: Donald Fagen's The Nightfly. Fagan is better known as the front half of Steely Dan -- the other half being Walter Becker. In 1982, Fagen released his ... (more) Meanwhile on Wall Street . . . (3 clicks)
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January 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm ET Nothing like a combination of reckless lending standards, aggressive stupidity and irresponsible behavior being rewarded. For pushing no doc, no money down loans, emphasizing the sub-prime market, oh, and dumping $414 million of Countrywide shares ... (more) Are Bankers Incompetant Morons? (2 clicks)
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January 11, 2008 at 11:00 am ET Shorter Floyd Norris: We bankers are idiots, we can't do basic math, have little in the way of risk management. Lobbying for FASB rule changes is the only way we can cope. Also, our investors ... (more) 8 Big Numbers (8 clicks)
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January 11, 2008 at 10:00 am ET Andrew Burkly of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co puts out a list of significant numbers each January. Its a clever way to think about various aspects of the market and the economy -- by the ... (more) Why Prediction Markets Fail (1 click)
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January 11, 2008 at 7:50 am ET Over the years, I have been critical of prediction and futures markets. In particular, the specific ways certain parties misuse them (i.e., politics). However, I am a big believer that markets can generate valuable economic ... (more) Thursday, January 10, 2008 Wireless Picture Frames? (5 clicks)
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January 10, 2008 at 6:30 pm ET Anyone have any good suggestions for a wireless picture frame? I've been looking at these, and none seem to do what I really want them to: -User definable groupings (random, by date, by album, etc.) ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 10, 2008 at 2:38 pm ET Bank of America (BAC) is reportedly in advanced talks to by Countrywide Financial (CFC). This is in direct contradiction to Dennis Gartman's #1 rule of trading: 1. Never, Ever, Ever, Under Any Circumstance, Add to ... (more) Squawk Video (3 clicks)
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January 10, 2008 at 11:52 am ET Here's the video from CNBC.com: Predictions on Target: Calls for 2008, with Barry Ritholtz, Fusion IQ CEO/director of equity research, and CNBC's Erin Burnett ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 10, 2008 at 9:45 am ET This morning, I am on CNBC's Squawk on the Street, at 10;40am. Today's appearance is courtesy of our winning forecast in the WSJ 2007 contest, which was described as "eerily close" to the final tally. ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 10, 2008 at 6:51 am ET The answer to that question depends upon who you ask. Speak to ShopperTrak, they will tell you that even though traffic was off, sales increased 4.5%. The firm measures foot traffic in shopping centers and ... (more) Wednesday, January 9, 2008 From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 9, 2008 at 8:30 pm ET Been meaning to get to this for some time: U.S. album sales plunged 15% last year from 2006, as the recording industry marked another weak year of sales despite a 45% surge in the sale ... (more) Suit Up! (except for Billionaires) (7 clicks)
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January 9, 2008 at 3:15 pm ET For today's Real Estate conference, I'm in a suit. By sheer coincidence, exactly one year ago today, Mark Cuban announced he doesn't wear suits -- and can't figure out why anyone else does. Of course, ... (more) Risk Model (1 click)
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January 9, 2008 at 12:58 pm ET Here is our forward looking risk model, as of last night's close. Note that the most Bullish aspect is the excess bearishness! ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 9, 2008 at 11:06 am ET Scarsdale Equities holds a regular luncheon, immortalized in the book The Money Game. I am privileged to occasionally break bread with the interesting group of traders, thinkers and fund managers assembled by Rudy Beutell. I ... (more) NYT Headline of the Day (1 click)
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January 9, 2008 at 10:00 am ET We interrupt this ally for what must be the funniest story I have read in I don't know how long: Corpse Wheeled to Check-Cashing Store Leads to 2 Arrests Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 9, 2008 at 6:25 am ET Its an election year, and that means sophistry and ignorance in equal measures will be flooding the airwaves and intertubes. We have taken it as our charge here to fight against the logically challenged and ... (more) Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Open Thread: PPT to the Rescue? (1 click)
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January 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm ET Regular readers of this blog no I don't believe in the Plunge Protection team. Exhibit A has always been the Nasdaq's 78% plunge from March 2000 to October 2002. If the PPT couldn't stop that ... (more) Game Over in Blu-Ray HD contest? (2 clicks)
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January 8, 2008 at 5:45 pm ET I've mentioned the Blu Ray/HD quandry in the past, but it seems the fight is drawing to its conclusion. In both the US and Europe, Blu-ray discs are significantly outselling HD DVDs. But its this ... (more) Stock Trader's Alamanac: Uh-Oh (6 clicks)
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January 8, 2008 at 3:48 pm ET Dow is off another 180 as I type this, ostensibly on rumors of Countrywide Financial (CFC) bankruptcy. As I noted in May 2005, while sitting next to Angelo Mozila on Larry's show, I wanted nothing ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 8, 2008 at 1:00 pm ET I am speaking on a panel tomorrow at the Real Estate Connect NYC 2008 conference: The Housing Debate: Bull vs. Bear Wednesday, January 9, 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Where is the housing market headed? ... (more) From The Big Picture - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 8, 2008 at 10:30 am ET The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index has been released, and it is once again, an exercise in spin. Stable Existing-Home Sales Expected in Early 2008, then Gradual Rise Over the next few ... (more) Items 968 - 992 of 1,309
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