Archive for June, 2009

• We're All Correlated Now
  Joshua M Brown, June 30th, 2009 at 6:22 am, Comments: 0

  Lockstep Main Entry: lock·step Pronunciation: \ˈläk-ˌstep\ Function: noun 1 : a mode of marching in step by a body of persons going one after another [...]

• Madoff Gets a Buck Fifty
  Joshua M Brown, June 29th, 2009 at 2:18 pm, Comments: 0

  Today, Judge Chin meted out a sentence of 150 years to convicted ponzi king Bernard Madoff.  A buck fifty, that's as symbolic a sentence as [...]

• The Case of the Mysterious Wendy's Bond Issuance
  Joshua M Brown, June 29th, 2009 at 7:11 am, Comments: 0

  Barron's devoted quite a bit of space to an update on the combined Wendy's/ Arby's merger that Nelson Peltz and his Trian investment vehicle put [...]

• Breakfast Links: Madoff, Google and Swiss Banking
  Joshua M Brown, June 29th, 2009 at 6:19 am, Comments: 0

  Breakfast Links for June 29, 2009 It looks like the Suisse banks may have had enough in the US: UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group [...]

• Hedge Funds and the Gloved One
  Joshua M Brown, June 28th, 2009 at 11:48 am, Comments: 0

  That Michael Jackson's finances were a mess was always very well known.  What many don't know is that some of our favorite financial runaway trains [...]

• Hot Links: Appraisals, iPhones & Dinner With Gasparino
  Joshua M Brown, June 27th, 2009 at 6:07 am, Comments: 0

  Hot Links for Weekend Reading... Baruch gets the new iPhone but is disappointed that it fails the cafe table test. (Ultimi Barbarorum) Rick Bookstaber writes [...]

• Goodbye, Michael
  Joshua M Brown, June 26th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, Comments: 0

  One of the most talented entertainers in the history of the world has passed. The above video shows Michael Jackson at the pinnacle of his career, [...]

• Debunking Poor Advice in SmartMoney
  Joshua M Brown, June 26th, 2009 at 7:49 am, Comments: 0

  Nicely done, SmartMoney! It's a shame this magazine has been so marginalized, you almost never hear or see anyone talking about something they read in [...]

• John Mauldin on "The New Normal"
  Joshua M Brown, June 25th, 2009 at 6:24 am, Comments: 0

  There is a new term being thrown about in the financial media and press almost as often as Green Shoots. A commentator citing the existence [...]

• Another FOMC Day…Hold All My Calls Until After 2:15
  Joshua M Brown, June 24th, 2009 at 7:58 am, Comments: 0

  From the New York Times: Investors are hoping for reassuring words from the Federal Reserve. The central bank is widely expected to leave its key [...]