Curious Capitalist

A Tale of Two California Cities

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 …

How Columbus, Ohio Bounced Back from the Recession

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 …

Money Talking: How High-Frequency Trading is Impacting Your Investments

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 …

Money Talking: Is the Stock Market Entering Another Bubble?

Tomorrow marks the four year anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers … and the moment when our economy went off the cliff.

Today, with an economy that’s still just sputtering along, Wall Street has come roaring back. Why is the S & P up 14 percent when nearly every bit of real economic news is bad? And has anything really changed …

Why the S&P 500 Is Defying Economic Reality

The markets hold many mysteries, and here’s a big one: Why the heck is the S&P 500, up 14% this year, behaving as though we’re living large when nearly every piece of real economic data is depressing?

Money Talking: Is a Celebrity CEO a Good Thing?

Pregnant tech superstar Marissa Mayer’s appointment to be CEO of Yahoo has people talking about the struggle for work-life balance. But another big question is whether celebrity CEOs are the best people to execute successful corporate turnarounds. Listen to Joe Nocera and me talk about this, as well as whether the Olympic Games actually …

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