From Jan 1st - July 15th 2008, Oil moved from $96 - $146 while the US was in recession, big loser was retail $XRT off 22%
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On the Volcker Rule – Last Word (for now)
With tonight’s deadline for comments on the Dodd-Frank Volcker Rule – and especially the submission of comments by the originator of the eponymous regulation – I thought I might get in my final thoughts. Of course, they are hardly final inasmuch as this debate will be with us for a good long while. To my way [...]
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The End – The Greek Verdict According to Tom and Jerry
The youngest of my four children was watching television this morning and – out of the corner of my eye while writing and reading very serious material of course – I took note of the below. It just had to be captured for posterity:
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Reality Show Redux
Just a short note before the weekend. For those who may have perused my earlier post entitled “The New Reality Show: Real Economists of the Ivory Tower,” today saw the airing of the most recent episode of this ongoing saga. Businessweek took the time to produce a rather amusing graphic regarding the various feuds between [...]
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Alpert Fox Business Video – Can Obama’s Refinance Plan Help Housing Market?
Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Fox Business — Feb. 8, 2012 – Westwood Capital Managing Partner Dan Alpert on whether the President’s FHA refinance plan can pass Congress and if it can help boost the housing sector.
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Dow, Alpert, Rupkey, Coy on Greece Debt Crisis – Bloomberg Video
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Mark Dow, portfolio manager at Pharo Management LLC, Daniel Alpert, managing partner at Westwood Capital LLC, Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Bloomberg Businessweek’s Peter Coy talk about Greece’s sovereign-debt crisis. They speak with Carol Massar on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Alpert Bloomberg Video on Greek Debt Crisis, Fed, U.S. Economy
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Daniel Alpert, managing partner at Westwood Capital LLC, talks about Greece’s sovereign debt crisis. Alpert also discusses Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. economy. He speaks with Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.” (Source: Bloomberg) Alpert on Greek Debt Crisis, Fed, U.S. Economy
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Tinkerbell Economics – The Confidence Fairy, Pixie Dust and a Sleeping Dragon
While we may be hours away from a partial (and certainly a stopgap) agreement in the talks among the Greek government, the troika and private sector creditors, it is doubtful that a deal will emerge in a fully constructed fashion that will survive its application in the real economy. It is likely that the only common view amongst [...]
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The Wait to Reflate
Paul Krugman tossed off a brief note yesterday bemoaning the Federal Reserve’s brand spanking new inflation target (actually, the Fed said it was a “goal” – which is something you want to hit but know you often can’t). He bemoaned the fact that “2% is Not Enough” in the title of his post – which initially made me [...]
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The New Reality Show: Real Economists of the Ivory Tower
Title: Real Economists of the Ivory Tower Principal Plot: Inflation Is Not Proceeding from Large Scale Money Growth as Monetarists Would Expect. Keynesians Are Not Providing a Complete Enough Explanation to Laymen as to Why That Is So. Frustration and Name-Calling Ensues. And a Subplot: Warren Buffett Walks into a Bar. . . . Over recent [...]
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Our Friday Think Tank Discussion on Bloomberg’s “Taking Stock with Pimm Fox,” with Two Steve’s – Wood and Blitz
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