John Corzine, Thursday: "I simply do not know where the money is."
Jamie Dimon, Wednesday: "I just don't get it."
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Black Friday 2011 (Eye On 2031)
"Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer; Greg David, director of the business reporting from at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and a contributor to Crain's New York Business; Kathryn Wylde, New York Federal Reserve deputy chairwoman and head of the Partnership for New York City; and Jesse LaGreca of #occupywallstreet and the Daily Kos, participate in a dialogue about the issues at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests..."
-- http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/nov/25/ows-dialog/
Fast-forward to 12:07..."First of all, how do we scientists know what's going to happen 10, 15, 20 years into the future? How can we be so confident?..."
-- http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2011/nov/25/ows-dialog/
Fast-forward to 12:07..."First of all, how do we scientists know what's going to happen 10, 15, 20 years into the future? How can we be so confident?..."
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Month 2
http://occupywallst.org/action/november-17th/
Google News Search: occupy wall street month
Rewind/Zoom Out: 9 Months:
Egypt: 3 Weeks/3 Decades Later
Rewind/Zoom Out: 2 Years to Fall 2009:
1. 10 Years After the Berlin Wall Fell, Another Wall Fell
2. Wall Street & Washington vs. the Country
3. Kaptur: "Wall Street and Washington Is a Circuit"
Google News Search: occupy wall street month
Rewind/Zoom Out: 9 Months:
Egypt: 3 Weeks/3 Decades Later
Rewind/Zoom Out: 2 Years to Fall 2009:
1. 10 Years After the Berlin Wall Fell, Another Wall Fell
2. Wall Street & Washington vs. the Country
3. Kaptur: "Wall Street and Washington Is a Circuit"
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Global Sell-Off
From Wednesday to Thursday morning's newsstand:
From Thursday to Friday morning's newsstand:
From Thursday to Friday morning's newsstand:
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Bedrock Rocked
May 31, 2011:
NYT: Disenchantment with real estate is bound to swell further on Tuesday when the most widely watched housing index is all but guaranteed to show that prices of existing homes sank in March below the lows reached two years ago — until now the bottom of the housing crash. In February, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of 20 large cities slumped for the seventh month in a row.
Housing is locked in a downward spiral, industry analysts say, not only because so many people are blocked from the market — being unemployed, in foreclosure or trapped in homes that are worth less than the mortgage — but because even those who are solvent are opting out.
“The emotional scars left by the collapse are changing the American psyche,” said Pete Flint, chief executive of the housing Web site Trulia. “There was a time when owning a home was a symbol you had made it. Now it’s O.K. not to own.”
Trulia, a real estate search engine for buyers and renters that is based here, is a hive of renters, including Mr. Flint. “I’m in no rush at all to buy,” he said. He expects homeownership to decline further to about 63 percent, a level the country first achieved in the mid-1960s.
Tim Hebb, a Los Angeles systems engineer, expertly called the real estate bubble. He sold his bungalow in August 2006, then leased it back for a year. Since then, the 61-year-old single father has rented a succession of apartments.
“I have flirted with buying again many times over the past few years,” said Mr. Hebb. “Let’s face it, people are not rational creatures.”
But he always resists, figuring housing is still overpriced and even when it stops declining it will stumble along the bottom for years and years.
June 1, 2011:
WSJ: "If you had to identify one thing in particular that's been responsible for the subpar nature of this cycle, it would be housing," said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist for MFR Inc. "The bad news is I don't expect it to turn around any time soon."
Economists say it could take years for the housing market to return to health and it will take faster growth, strong job gains and improvements in consumer confidence to make it happen...
Two years ago, home prices stopped falling as low prices, along with home-buyer tax credits, spurred a surge in sales. But demand collapsed last summer after those credits expired and left markets without enough buyers to absorb a steady flow of foreclosed properties.
Home prices have tumbled for eight straight months, and in March they slid to their lowest level since the start of the 2006-2009 downturn, according the S&P/Case-Shiller monthly 20-City Composite Index.
Indeed, 12 of the 20 metropolitan areas tracked in the index posted new lows in March. Only the Washington, D.C., and Seattle markets saw month-to-month growth of 1.1% and 0.1%, respectively.
June 2, 2011:
June 4, 2011:
June 7, 2011:
June 10, 2011:
June 11, 2011:
June 16, 2011:
May 2011: Debt Grab
April 2011: Warned
December 2010: Clinging to Cash
May 2010: Fears, Confidence, Debt
November 2009: Stashing Cash
NYT: Disenchantment with real estate is bound to swell further on Tuesday when the most widely watched housing index is all but guaranteed to show that prices of existing homes sank in March below the lows reached two years ago — until now the bottom of the housing crash. In February, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of 20 large cities slumped for the seventh month in a row.
Housing is locked in a downward spiral, industry analysts say, not only because so many people are blocked from the market — being unemployed, in foreclosure or trapped in homes that are worth less than the mortgage — but because even those who are solvent are opting out.
“The emotional scars left by the collapse are changing the American psyche,” said Pete Flint, chief executive of the housing Web site Trulia. “There was a time when owning a home was a symbol you had made it. Now it’s O.K. not to own.”
Trulia, a real estate search engine for buyers and renters that is based here, is a hive of renters, including Mr. Flint. “I’m in no rush at all to buy,” he said. He expects homeownership to decline further to about 63 percent, a level the country first achieved in the mid-1960s.
Tim Hebb, a Los Angeles systems engineer, expertly called the real estate bubble. He sold his bungalow in August 2006, then leased it back for a year. Since then, the 61-year-old single father has rented a succession of apartments.
“I have flirted with buying again many times over the past few years,” said Mr. Hebb. “Let’s face it, people are not rational creatures.”
But he always resists, figuring housing is still overpriced and even when it stops declining it will stumble along the bottom for years and years.
June 1, 2011:
WSJ: "If you had to identify one thing in particular that's been responsible for the subpar nature of this cycle, it would be housing," said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist for MFR Inc. "The bad news is I don't expect it to turn around any time soon."
Economists say it could take years for the housing market to return to health and it will take faster growth, strong job gains and improvements in consumer confidence to make it happen...
Two years ago, home prices stopped falling as low prices, along with home-buyer tax credits, spurred a surge in sales. But demand collapsed last summer after those credits expired and left markets without enough buyers to absorb a steady flow of foreclosed properties.
Home prices have tumbled for eight straight months, and in March they slid to their lowest level since the start of the 2006-2009 downturn, according the S&P/Case-Shiller monthly 20-City Composite Index.
Indeed, 12 of the 20 metropolitan areas tracked in the index posted new lows in March. Only the Washington, D.C., and Seattle markets saw month-to-month growth of 1.1% and 0.1%, respectively.
June 2, 2011:
June 4, 2011:
June 7, 2011:
June 10, 2011:
June 11, 2011:
June 16, 2011:
May 2011: Debt Grab
April 2011: Warned
December 2010: Clinging to Cash
May 2010: Fears, Confidence, Debt
November 2009: Stashing Cash
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Debt Grab
May 18, 2011: WSJ:
Companies Rush to Borrow
Firms Fill Up on Debt Before Fed Closes Door on Easy Credit
In what may be a healthy sign for the U.S. economy, several companies selling debt this week are using the money for expansion, rather than sitting on the cash or refinancing existing debt. That suggests capital expenditures may increase, potentially boosting employment. Some companies are funding acquisitions and share buybacks.
May 16, 2011: WSJ:
Another Season of Hoarders
Recession-scarred companies are holding back from spending—even if they have the cash
"...it's possible that this recession jolted business owners so badly that they've broken the usual cycle. "Because of the depth and severity of this recession, we're rebounding slower," says Ms. Coyne. "That ties to cash hoarding. People are trying to fund their own expansions, be their own bank—that's a change in mindset."
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Warned
Monday morning TV:
Tuesday morning 'papers:
Rewind: May 2010: Debt
Rewind: June 2010: Broken
Fast-forward: Saturday morning, August 6, 2011:
Tuesday morning 'papers:
Rewind: May 2010: Debt
Rewind: June 2010: Broken
Fast-forward: Saturday morning, August 6, 2011:
Monday, March 28, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
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