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Ann Lee and Dan Alpert joined Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox today to talk about the housing market recovery. Lee, a professor of finance at New York University, was sceptical that population growth predicts any substantial increase in housing…

This 30 Rock parody almost has it down.

  If you’re wondering where these ridiculous, hare-brained comments are coming from, then watch this video and listen to Rick Santelli speak about predatory lending. The only one who acquits herself in this segment is Janet…

The following is a Wall Street Journal video on the sovereign debt crisis in Greece. Also see the associated article in the Wall Street Journal: Greece Set to Outline New Austerity Measures Wednesday.

Marc Faber talks with Bloomberg about the outlook for US shares, saying he believes the market could correct 20% if the S&P reaches a new high (above 1150). That’s the definition of a cyclical bear market, by the way. Faber also…

That’s the question on everyone’s mind and the one Bill Gross of Pimco attempts to answer in this month’s Investment Outlook. He starts out defining the problem as a lack of aggregate demand – the Keynesian understanding of depression.…

Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about his concerns about the U.S. budget deficit and stimulus-spending strategy.

The following is a post by Marc Chandler, head of Brown Brother Harriman’s Currency Strategy Team. For more of BBH’s currency views, visit the website here. The Dutch government collapsed over the weekend as the Labor Party withdrew from…

In the wake of the most recent Matt Taibbi polemic “Wall Street's Bailout Hustle,” I think the video below about financial fraud is appropriate viewing. I liked the Taibbi piece - although it certainly had a certain over-the-top gonzo feel…

Here’s my take on a recent story of apparent plagiarism at the New York Times.  Some are probably conjuring up memories of Jayson Blair.  However, I see something different, namely a battle regarding the credibility of independent…