psychology

The following is a re-print of the latest monthly newsletter from Niels Jensen of Absolute Return Partners, published with the express permission of the author. Visit www.arpllp.com to learn more about Absolute Return Partners.  You…

In the clip below Mark Dice tells people that he will give them a one ounce Gold coin for free if they can guess how much it’s worth. To be fair he gives them 25% leeway in their guess. How do you think they did?  P.S. - the answer is…

Below are three videos from a talk at the 2009 Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma, CA, where James Galbraith talks about the Hyman Minsky concept of the instability of stability. This concept is fundamental to the behavioural…

Just arrived in my inbox: If you want to know what market momentum is all about, here you have it. Get in now to profit. Sources Bill Gross Calls High-Yield Corporate Debt `Overvalued': Video (video here) – Bloomberg

In the wake of a few significant elections in the American states of New York, New Jersey and Virginia, a lot of pundits are putting their spin on what these elections mean for Barack Obama and his political agenda. On the whole, I find…

If you have been wondering whether a statistical recovery is at hand, today’s ISM manufacturing report should be the clincher.  The report was definitely bullish with the ISM index rising to 55.7 and sub-components supporting the…

This is a guest post from our newest contributor, Charles D. Bull. Greetings Writedowners, Ed has gone to bed already. This is Charles D. Bull speaking. You know, my wife told me yesterday that the local shopping area already has the…

Every time I hear the word ‘bureaucrat’ used to make a point for or against government’s role in the economy, I cringe. I see this label as unfair and dehumanizing. I grew up in Washington , D.C. where my parents and their friends rose…

This contribution from Daniel Berger is a letter to Michael Smerconish in response to a commentary Smerconish wrote on 10 May 2009 in the Philadelphia Inquirer “Head Strong: Did Hollywood inspire the meltdown men?” A shorter version of…