Is Obama Taking Richard Koo’s Advice?
The lost decade for stocks has been a popular topic in the financial press lately.…
Jesse FelderDecember 29, 2009
Clouds Gather Over Cascade Bancorp
Cascade Bancorp gave shareholders a rather unsurprising Christmas present last week by notifying them of…
Jesse FelderDecember 28, 2009
The Volatility Value Play
The Barron's interview over the weekend with Kevin Duffy and Bill Laggner makes for some…
Jesse FelderDecember 28, 2009
Happy (?) New Economy!!
Remember way back at the beginning of the decade when everyone was talking about the…
Jesse FelderDecember 28, 2009
The Rationale of a “Balance Sheet Recession”
Barry Ritholtz makes a great point today in a piece titled, "Why Aren’t Banks Lending?…
Jesse FelderDecember 23, 2009
Bend Home Prices Hammered in Q3
Bend: from the most-overvalued home prices in the country to the hardest hit home prices…
Jesse FelderDecember 21, 2009
The “Real” Mega-Bear Markets
Great chart here from Doug Short comparing the S&P 500 from 2000 to today to…
Jesse FelderDecember 21, 2009