Archive for August, 2009

• Larry Summers' "To Do" List
  Joshua M Brown, August 25th, 2009 at 11:51 am, Comments: 0

  Today, President Barack Obama announced his reappointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke to another term.  Economic advisor Larry Summers, whom many had speculated would [...]

• Hot Links: Gartman, DeLong, Merkel & The Big Dogs
  Joshua M Brown, August 25th, 2009 at 6:22 am, Comments: 0

  Stuff I'm Reading this Morning... On tap today:  New home sales, consumer confidence, the Richmond Fed. The Fly is liking the refiners here.  (iBankCoin) Commodities [...]

• Return of the Flannel Shirt: Recession Kids Get Their Grunge On
  Joshua M Brown, August 24th, 2009 at 9:35 am, Comments: 0

  The year was 1991...Nirvana and Pearl Jam owned the airwaves, stocks and the economy were shaken by the Savings and Loan Crisis, and a young [...]

• Hot Links: Monday Morning
  Joshua M Brown, August 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm, Comments: 0

  Stuff I'm Reading this Morning... READ THIS FIRST: Marla Singer submitted this op-ed to the New York Times, which they probably will never run.  (ZeroHedge) [...]

• What Your Favorite Blogs Said at the Bottom
  Joshua M Brown, August 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 am, Comments: 0

  The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average bottomed out at around 666 and 6500 respectively on Friday, March 6th of 2009. Just for fun, [...]

• More Hot Links: Tightwad, Missouri
  Joshua M Brown, August 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 am, Comments: 0

  More Hot Links for Weekend Reading... Plan B: Starting your own business if job offers don't come your way.  Very informative article.  (NYT) John Hancock [...]

• Don't Get Too Excited About Tech Just Yet
  Joshua M Brown, August 22nd, 2009 at 7:39 pm, Comments: 0

  With the Nasdaq up over 22% year-to-date and many tech stocks on the receiving end of big upgrades recently (Goldman practically proposed to Google this [...]

• The Top 10 Investor Traps According to the NASAA
  Joshua M Brown, August 22nd, 2009 at 8:39 am, Comments: 0

  For 90 years, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has been committed to protecting and educating individual investors.  The other day they put out [...]

• Hot Links: Stiglitz, Whitney, Durden & Mussolini
  Joshua M Brown, August 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 am, Comments: 0

  Hot Links for Weekend Reading... Someone tipped off the Post as to who Tyler Durden is.  Typical attempt to attack the messenger, not the message.  [...]

• OMG: Dow Jones Index Business For Sale!
  Joshua M Brown, August 21st, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Comments: 0

  Since 1884, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (and to a lesser extent, the DJ Transportation Average) has been the most widely-followed and broadly-used measure of [...]