Curious CapitalistWall Street & Markets
There’s a growing bit of conventional wisdom that says that if Mitt Romney is elected, the stock market will soar, and if President Obama gets another term, we’ll enter a bear market. Romney said as much himself to a group of …
Curious CapitalistEconomy
What will the economic legacy of Hurricane Sandy be? Will lower Manhattan remain the financial capital of the world, or will trading move to safer land? To hear this and more, tune into the latest episode of WNYC’s Money Talking with Time’s Rana Foroohar and the New York Time’s Joe Nocera.
Curious CapitalistThe Economy
Consumers are confident, but corporations aren’t. What will it mean for the markets? And, what does the sex abuse scandal at the BBC tell us about the ability of big institutions to govern themselves? For this and more, tune into this week’s episode of WNYC’s Money Talking, with TIME’s Rana Foroohar and Joe Nocera of The New York Times.
Curious CapitalistEconomy
Is the U.S. economy becoming bipolar? That’s what it seems like if you contrast the behavior of consumers versus corporations lately. Individual shoppers have been as bullish as they have been in years. With stocks relatively high, personal finances in better shape, and the housing market in recovery, American consumers have finally …
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Does Vikram Pandit’s departure from Citi mean that the era of the too big to fail bank is coming to an end? Is banking finally getting more boring? And what will happen to JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein. To hear all this and more, tune in to the latest episode of WNYC’s Money Taking, with Time’s Rana Foroohar, …
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The issue of the “fiscal cliff,” the impending tax-hike and automatic cuts to federal spending, has been put on the backburner by lawmakers trying to woo voters in the runup to the November election. Now Wall Street CEOs are throwing their weight around in a new ad campaign calling for legislation to avoid the cliff. What should be done? …
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Would you rather have an iphone 5 or running water? It might seem like a “well, duh,” kind of question, but it gets to the heart of something important about the jobs and growth debate right now.
Curious CapitalistJobs
Has anything really changed in the labor market? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself since last Friday’s jobs figures, the most positive in three and a half years, came out. Unemployment is finally below 8%, and …
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Did the debates tell us anything important about the future direction of the economy, and the markets? To find out, listen to this week’s Money Talking on WNYC with The New York Times’ Joe Nocera and Time’s Rana Foroohar.
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For several months now, I’ve been writing about the 2% economy, the current sluggish state of growth in the U.S., one that I expect to hold for some time. But a weekend spent in southern California, in both Orange County and …
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If you ever wonder what kind of economic development might be accomplished in this country with more bipartisan cooperation, consider Columbus, Ohio. It’s become a celebrity city of sorts lately, talked up in a New York Times Magazine piece about the success of Ohio, and visited over a dozen times by the presidential candidates on the …
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High frequency trading now makes up 2/3rds of all trading in the markets, and a lot of experts believe it will be at the center of the next financial crisis. Already, it’s played a role in “flash crashes.” Is it also creating an uneven playing field for the small time investor, and funneling money away from real businesses in favor of …
