Hope for “old farts”

Barry Ritholtz of The Big Picture, on the National Association of Realtors… My apologies for lumping in the Realtor’s group with drug abusers. In doing so, I meant no insult to the crackheads of the world… Heh. Tagged: National Association of Realtors ... more

I was shooting for a leg amputation instead The New York Times called for the death of blogging, or maybe that’s death from it. No need to link to it - the echo chamber takes care of all your referencing needs. While folks throughout the world were keeling over on their keyboards, I was out on a river Sunday. We had sun for about ten seconds, and snow flurries for the other seven hours. The water’s edge was icy, and the water itself was roughly one degree warmer. I made the mista... more

Does anyone see confusion between the leading story and those following? Compliments of Yahoo! Finance Tagged: financial media ... more

Paul Kedrosky says Barry Ritholtz is a perma-bear. Mr. Ritholtz’s latest claim, that a short fund manager’s April Fools Day memo caused today’s market rally might lend credence to the claim, but I am not buying it. One need look no further than the links Mr. Ritholtz points to in his post. Each and every piece of cheerleading which referenced “the memo” has now been wiped clean, meaning the so-called journalists have tacitly admitted to being hoodwinked. When the ... more