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Deregulate/Reregulate
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
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Podcast: Origins of the Housing & Credit Crisis
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
> I did a podcast with James Reese of Radio Economics James and I had readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
> I did a podcast with James Reese of Radio Economics James and I had readmore
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Earth From Above comes to NYC
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand will bring his work back to the United States - to New York City for the first time in 2009. Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints which will be on display in New York C readmore
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand will bring his work back to the United States - to New York City for the first time in 2009. Aiming to inspire people to think globally about sustainable living, Arthus-Bertrand has been photographing unique views of our planet, seen from the sky, since 1994 - and has produced an exhibit of over 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints which will be on display in New York C readmore
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Contrary Cramer Buy Call ?
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
> As I have said in the past, I don't like to harp on any one person. I also don't want to readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
> As I have said in the past, I don't like to harp on any one person. I also don't want to readmore
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The Single Best Investment EVER
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
It is those "Dow 10,000" hats CNBC got for all the on air anchors way back in 1999. They sure got a whole lot of use out of them. The Dow is 9,868 as I type this. GE breaks syndicate price of $22.20 secondary, and its now off by a full 10% -- at $19.95. > readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
It is those "Dow 10,000" hats CNBC got for all the on air anchors way back in 1999. They sure got a whole lot of use out of them. The Dow is 9,868 as I type this. GE breaks syndicate price of $22.20 secondary, and its now off by a full 10% -- at $19.95. > readmore
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S&P 500 Review
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
In our office, we've been using the Fusion IQ quant system for so long, we know it inside out. We use it as the basis for our institutional trading and published research (up ~10% for the year). Subscribers have asked us to include our market and stock commentary -- beyond the pure neutral software application. In addition to the readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
In our office, we've been using the Fusion IQ quant system for so long, we know it inside out. We use it as the basis for our institutional trading and published research (up ~10% for the year). Subscribers have asked us to include our market and stock commentary -- beyond the pure neutral software application. In addition to the readmore
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For Most Cities, Recession Has Arrived
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Nice depiction of where the pain is being felt most:click for ginormous version readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Nice depiction of where the pain is being felt most:click for ginormous version readmore
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Fannie Mae and the Financial Crisis
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
The Sunday New York Times has a very interesting article on Fannie Mae and the current financial crisis. They do a decent job at delving into the complexities of the GSEs, and the many factors that went into the decision making at the senior level of the company. This includes pressure from clients such as Coutrywide CE readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
The Sunday New York Times has a very interesting article on Fannie Mae and the current financial crisis. They do a decent job at delving into the complexities of the GSEs, and the many factors that went into the decision making at the senior level of the company. This includes pressure from clients such as Coutrywide CE readmore
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Did JPM Cash Call Bring Down Lehman ?
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
This continues to become ever more interesting . . ."Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s main lender and clearing agent, JPMorgan Chase & Co., caused the liquidity crisis that led to Lehman's collapse, creditors said. JPMorgan had more than $17 billion of Lehman's cash and securities three day readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
This continues to become ever more interesting . . ."Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s main lender and clearing agent, JPMorgan Chase & Co., caused the liquidity crisis that led to Lehman's collapse, creditors said. JPMorgan had more than $17 billion of Lehman's cash and securities three day readmore
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Graphical Depiction of Finance Crisis
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Nice collection of charts and graphics over at the BBC. These two are my favorite:> readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sun, 05 Oct. 2008
Nice collection of charts and graphics over at the BBC. These two are my favorite:> readmore
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The CRA: Its a Racial Thing . . .
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
Georgetown University's legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan, and Bill Moyers look at the noise machine, which seems to be operating at full tilt:BILL MOYERS: There've been a lot of voices on cable channels recently blaming this bubble, this crisis, the cause of all of this catastrophe we're in right now, on poor people wh readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
Georgetown University's legal and finance scholar Emma Coleman Jordan, and Bill Moyers look at the noise machine, which seems to be operating at full tilt:BILL MOYERS: There've been a lot of voices on cable channels recently blaming this bubble, this crisis, the cause of all of this catastrophe we're in right now, on poor people wh readmore
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Bad Medicine
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
There is a terrific opinion piece in the Sunday Washington Post, titled readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
There is a terrific opinion piece in the Sunday Washington Post, titled readmore
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Whackage! Worst Week Since September 2001
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
By the numbers, it was not a pretty week: The Russell 2000 index of small caps got shellacked for over 12%; Nasdaq took a nearly 11% plunge, and the S&P500 dropped 9.4%. The Dow Industrials fared best, losing "only" 7.4%. As I noted on CNBC yesterday, this is a bear market, and the play book readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
By the numbers, it was not a pretty week: The Russell 2000 index of small caps got shellacked for over 12%; Nasdaq took a nearly 11% plunge, and the S&P500 dropped 9.4%. The Dow Industrials fared best, losing "only" 7.4%. As I noted on CNBC yesterday, this is a bear market, and the play book readmore
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Stewie Griffin Meets Wall Street
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
Enjoy! Yeah, I know its old -- but its still very funny! readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Sat, 04 Oct. 2008
Enjoy! Yeah, I know its old -- but its still very funny! readmore
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So Much for the Bailout Rally . . .
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by logan If you are not already very short, this is a good time to get short. Not much in the way of good news left. Wow, that's a nearly 450 point swing.Very surprising to see the bailout pass, and get signed into law, and then see the market fade. Once again, I have to say -- I hate to read too much into intra-day action, as its mostly noise, bu readmore
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by logan If you are not already very short, this is a good time to get short. Not much in the way of good news left. Wow, that's a nearly 450 point swing.Very surprising to see the bailout pass, and get signed into law, and then see the market fade. Once again, I have to say -- I hate to read too much into intra-day action, as its mostly noise, bu readmore
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Nachtwey's Wish: Awareness of XDR-TB
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by JetonAliji I suspected The Big Picture will cover this, and it did!Well done. Well-known and influential photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED Prize last year, and as part of his award, he made a wish for help - help in bringing a story to light that he felt was important and underreported. The subject of this story is a new, dangerous type o readmore
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by JetonAliji I suspected The Big Picture will cover this, and it did!Well done. Well-known and influential photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED Prize last year, and as part of his award, he made a wish for help - help in bringing a story to light that he felt was important and underreported. The subject of this story is a new, dangerous type o readmore
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Payroll Drops 159k
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by Sue Without employment/wage gains it will be difficult to turn the economy around. No big surprise here -- the magic 100k breached for the 2nd time. Next up: 200k! A few interesting surprises in the data: • Weak expectations: while the loss of readmore
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Shared by Sue Without employment/wage gains it will be difficult to turn the economy around. No big surprise here -- the magic 100k breached for the 2nd time. Next up: 200k! A few interesting surprises in the data: • Weak expectations: while the loss of readmore
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SEC Deregulation Let Banks Leverage Up
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
We've discussed this extensively over the past few weeks, but its now on the front readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
We've discussed this extensively over the past few weeks, but its now on the front readmore
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Roubini Ritholtz Conference Call
Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Just got home from the conference with Nouriel Roubini et. al. Mad props to Marketbeat for live blogging the entire session (after the jump). This was a dry run for the next version, wh readmore
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Barry Ritholtz via The Big Picture on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
Just got home from the conference with Nouriel Roubini et. al. Mad props to Marketbeat for live blogging the entire session (after the jump). This was a dry run for the next version, wh readmore
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New Hedge Fund: Strategery Capital
(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Thu, 02 Oct. 2008
Shared by Todd Albertson Funny! I bet they'll do well... Too funny: readmore
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(unknown author) via The Big Picture on Thu, 02 Oct. 2008
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