Archive for May, 2009

• Creativity vs. the Quants
  Joshua M Brown, May 31st, 2009 at 9:19 am, Comments: 0

  It was only a matter of time... From the New York Times: (Advertising firms) are bringing some Wall Street-like analysis to Madison Avenue, exploiting the [...]

• John Mauldin: An Unpayable Deficit?
  Joshua M Brown, May 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm, Comments: 0

  John Mauldin's latest newsletter, entitled This Way Be Dragons (Thoughts from the Frontline), tackles the big problem that the bulls don't want to think about [...]

• Hot Links: Bling, the 90's, Wharton and American CEO's
  Joshua M Brown, May 30th, 2009 at 7:39 am, Comments: 0

  Hot Links for Weekend Reading... What was the best post of the year in each of Knowledge@Wharton's first ten years? Here's what David Merkel of [...]

• Market Recap: Of Silver and Centipedes
  Joshua M Brown, May 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am, Comments: 0

  [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.830915&w=425&h=350&fv=] The Reformed Broker, AKA Goldie Hawn here with today's Market Recap... When they write the book on May of 2009, they won't be talking [...]

• Droppin' Knowledge: Doug Kass Takes on the Perma-Bears
  Joshua M Brown, May 29th, 2009 at 8:38 am, Comments: 0

  "I have often written that both perma-bears and perma-bulls are attention-getters, not money-makers." Doug Kass, May 2009 On May 27th, TRB fave commentator Doug Kass [...]

• Hot Links: Too Lazy To Post Edition
  Joshua M Brown, May 29th, 2009 at 7:18 am, Comments: 0

  Hot Links for Friday Reading Hey kids, here's what I'm reading this morning... What's the most thankless job you can think of?  Try being Irving [...]

• This Just In: Ackman Gets Smoked by Target's Board
  Joshua M Brown, May 28th, 2009 at 1:53 pm, Comments: 0

  From Reuters: 14:47 TARGET CORPORATION SHAREHOLDERS ELECT COMPANY'S DIRECTOR NOMINEES Supposedly the margin was over 70% voting for the Target (TGT) board, against Ackman and Pershing [...]

• Yes, Melissa…OPEC is, in fact, a Cartel
  Joshua M Brown, May 28th, 2009 at 10:23 am, Comments: 0

      CNBC's Melissa Francis inadvertently ticked off one of the lovely OPEC ministers she was pointlessly attempting to interview by referring to the organization [...]

• Quick Shakespeare Lesson for the Troglodytes
  Joshua M Brown, May 28th, 2009 at 7:38 am, Comments: 0

  I've heard more than five market commentators, talking heads, politicians and reporters misuse the phrase "Now is the winter of our discontent," over the last few weeks [...]

• Who's Ready to Start Picking Stocks Again?
  Joshua M Brown, May 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pm, Comments: 0

  Over the long holiday weekend, I was asked the same question in different settings by friends, neighbors and family members again and again. "Is the [...]