Matrix (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The St. Louis Fed, in their Economic Synopses publication contained a research piece called Home Prices: A Case for Cautious Optimism (Hat tip: Joe Weisenthal over at BusinessInsider) that does a great job lining up 3 housing related indexes and makes the case that we aren’t through yet despite positive month over month trends of [...]
Personal Democracy Forum (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... previous attempts, this latest claim doesn’t withstand even basic scrutiny. Silicon Alley's Joe Weisenthal is of the opinion that the White House blog's pointed critique of Edmunds.com over Cash for Clunkers, a program that has run its course, makes the Obama White House look thin-skinned . (A variation on the word "stupid" pops up in Weisenthal's post.) The White...
Money Outlook (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Worst-Ever Credit Crunch On Main Street'... yes says Joe Weisenthal... shows 2 charts from the St.
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
A couple of times a week, we address reader questions and feedback on video. Tomorrow, Joe Weisenthal will answer readers' questions in a video segment, which we'll post at about 11AM ET. So if there's anything you want to ask or complain about, fire away. You can do this until 10:00 AM ET, in three ways: Leave a question in the comments below Tweet your question and include the word "#tbilive"...
cara ellison (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Joe Weisenthal has written a great article,The Complete Humiliation of the Enron Task Force for Business Insider. It covers ten ginormous disasters for the ETF, including the Nigerian Barge trial, Arthur Andersen, and Enron Broadband Services. It quotes a lot of Tom Kirkendall’s work on Enron, and is a succinct catalog of ETF blunders. [...]
Abnormal Returns (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
The following comment by Joe Weisenthal via Twitter got us thinking about just who is the “smart money” these days. With the junk bonds rallying, you don’t hear as much about how “smart” the bond market is, and how it leads stocks. The point that Weisenthal is making is that the bond market is only “smarter” when [...]
Rortybomb (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... orbital lazers by now? Luckily government military research doesn’t need to hit real deadlines. 2) Joe Weisenthal thinks liberals are uncomfortable with geoengineering because it will distract from our agenda of destroying meat eaters who drive SUVs in rural areas of Western nations. Actually my first reaction is that we’ll give billions to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon to develop...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
... The Sellout above and buy stuff from Amazon, we'll get a small pay out.) Additional reporting by Joe Weisenthal. Join the conversation about this story » See Also: CNBC Bans Charlie Gasparino From Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC Show Gasparino's "The Sellout" Will Weigh 25% Less Than Sorkin's Book
Afro-Netizen (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Joe Weisenthal: In an effort to spice up its image, the Republican Party has relaunched GOP.com. And to spice things up, the top left prominently features new faces of the GOP. Each time you refresh the page, you get a new face. See if you can find a pattern Here's a hint. We're not seeing anyone who looks like Glenn Beck in there!
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
... Japan and S&P aligned The mega-bears The mega-bears extended! -- BREAK -- Henry Blodget and Joe Weisenthal on your questions and the UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: Jobs Americans know how to do aren't coming back! Krugman's "output gap" analysis is silly Join the conversation about this story »
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
... Japan and S&P aligned The mega-bears The mega-bears extended! -- BREAK -- Henry Blodget and Joe Weisenthal on your questions and the UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM: Jobs Americans know how to do aren't coming back! Krugman's "output gap" analysis is silly Twitter questions to: #tbilive Join the conversation about this story »
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Blackmail is a weird thing. As Joe Weisenthal pointed out recently , it's legal to go to the press and tell a story about someone, and it's legal for someone to pay someone to keep quiet. So why is it illegal to threaten to do something you can legally do? The New Yorker's Lizzie Widdicombe talks to several experts -- law professors included -- about this legal conundrum. "Most theorists,"...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Joe Weisenthal notes David Rosenberg’s comments that the stock market is overvalued. I’m sorry, I just don’t see how you can argue against this market on a valuation basis. Could there be a double-dip? Sure, that’s a risk and I can’t say how large. But the idea that the market is not only high, but dangerously high, makes no sense to me. Rosenberg writes: While...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Eddy Elfenbein submits: Joe Weisenthal notes David Rosenberg’s comments that the market is overvalued. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see how you can argue against this market on a valuation basis. Could there be a double-dip? Sure, that’s a risk and I can’t say how large, but the idea that the market is not only high, but dangerously high, makes no sense to me. Rosenberg...
Mortgage News Clips (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
... - Gains, Pain & Capital ———— CHART OF THE DAY: What, You Think The Savings Rate Can’t Go Higher? - Joe Weisenthal and Kamelia Angelova – Clusterstock Business Insider ———— Chart of the Day – Today, the Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls decreased by 263,000 in September. … More recently, nonfarm payrolls have pulled away from its 50-year trend by a record percentage (bottom...
