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Here Are The Key Market Moving Events For Monday, February 13, 2012 (RGC,...
Monday opens a busy, albeit slower, earnings week, with companies like Regal Entertainment reporting. It will be a light data day as well, with Asia and Europe fueling news. There are no major...
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The Weekend Is Over, And Markets Are Heading Higher
With a hurdle cleared in Greece, markets are heading higher. S&P futures are up modestly, as is the Aussie market, which is up 0.2%. Nothing special, really, but at the moment anyway, the nerves...
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A Quick Reminder Of Why Returning To The Gold Standard Is An AWFUL Idea
Following the financial crisis, there's been an upsurge in people calling for a return to a gold-backed currency. It's now become a popular idea in mainstream political circles. In a new post,...
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Check Out The Blistering Growth Of China's Inner Provinces
In his latest weekly note, Goldman's Jim O'Neill pointed out a staggering fact: In just the first 6 weeks of 2012, the country has already created an economy half the size of Greece. He also commented...
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PLASTIC SURGEONS: Cosmetic Procedures Are Growing Right Along With The Economy
A blog post titled The Boob Indicator by The Reformed Broker Josh Brown caught our attention. Brown points to new statistics published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (via USA Today),...
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A Complete Checklist For This Week's Big Earnings Announcements (RGC, MAS,...
Earnings season continues with another heavy week of reporters, as 10 percent of the companies within the S&P 500 announces quarterly results. The reporters vary heavily, with names like all set...
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GRANTHAM: 'We Are Literally Running Out Of Superlatives To Describe How Much...
Lately, we've been hearing some big names make bullish arguments for stocks. They include Warren Buffett, Larry Fink, and even Dr. Doom himself Nouriel Roubini. Many of these calls have been...
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Jeff Gundlach Is Going To Hold A Must-Listen Conference Call Tomorrow, And We...
Fans of Jeff Gundlach, take note. The famed bond manager will hold another one os his must-listen conference calls tomorrow. Here's the info “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”Please join us...
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The Biggest Obstacle To Greece's Bailout Is Still Ahead
Markets are rallying in the wake of Greek parliamentary approval for a new round of austerity measures that would trim €325 million ($430 million) from the government's 2013 budget, reduce minimum...
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The Rising Cost Of White Bread Around The World
There's no perfect way to compare the price goods across international borders. One of the more popular measures is the Big Mac index, which compares the price of Big Macs in different countries. The...
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Here's Why Gold Bugs Are Such Thin-Skinned Misanthropes Who Are Constantly...
This morning, our editor Henry Blodget wrote a post on Warren Buffett's brilliant explanation of the absurdity of gold. The gist is this: If you had $10 trillion, you could buy a cube of all the gold...
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Paul Volcker: Here Are 5 Ways To Know Prop Trading When You See It
Today, Paul Volcker sent his much anticipated letter to regulators concerning the eponymous rule he championed restricting proprietary trading, along with an accompanying essay. The premise of the...
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For Just $1.4 Million, Live In This Funky 5th Avenue Studio Once Home To Scam...
This post originally appeared at Curbed. This spacious studio in Aristotle Onassis's pedigreed Olympic Tower currently houses some odd furnishings—reminiscent of a '70s conversation pit—in its round...
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STOCKS REBOUND WHILE GREECE PUTS OUT FIRES: Here's What You Need To Know...
The 2012 rally still has a heartbeat. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 12,874.0, +72.8, +0.5%S&P 500: 1,351.7, +9.1, +0.6%NASDAQ: 2,931.3, +27.5, +0.9% And now, the top stories: Over the weekend, Greek...
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Has Jeremy Lin Gone From His Brother's Couch To Westchester County In A Week?
The myth of Jeremy Lin grew last week when we learned that he has been sleeping on his brother's couch because he doesn't have a place in New York City yet. But now he's moving up to ... Westchester?...
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Jeremy Siegel Explains The #1 Reason To Be Bullish Right Now
When you picked up your copy of Barron's this weekend you were probably shocked to see the cover story "DOW 15,000." That bold call comes from Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel who examined 141...
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Here Are 10 Strange Jeremy Lin Stories That You Missed Over The Weekend
Jeremy Lin is the biggest thing since sliced Tebow. As a result, the Internet has spit out lots of strange, wacky, and oddly intriguing Lin anecdotes left and right over the last few days. The ones...
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POLL: Berkshire Hathaway's Reputation Has Seriously Plummeted In The Last Year
Berkshire Hathaway saw a huge drop in perception of its corporate image in Harris Interactive's annual reputation quotient poll, which evaluates the reputation of 60 "most visible" companies in the...
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Why Teachers Have Sex With Their Students
Earlier today, journalism guru Jim Romenesko tweeted that a columnist had admitted that he had written a article called 'Why Teachers Have Sex With Their Students' because he thought it would get a...
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